The Book Of Bread

Chapter 3

       THE MORNING SUN ROSE TO AFTERNOON AND EVERYONE WAS ON THE ROAD AGAIN. TODAY, EVERYONE WAS MORE TALKATIVE. HANK, AS USUAL,  DIDNT TALK MUCH AND WAS QUIET, BUT STILL INTERACTIVE.
SHAGGY AND AMY BEGAN COMMUNICSTING ABOUT THE GOOD 'OL MEMORIES THEY HAD OF SONIC.
       "LIKE. YEAH. THERE WAS THIS ONE TIME SCOOB AND I WERE RUNNING FROM A GHOST AND HE JUST SWOOPED UP AND SPED US OUT OF THERE. HE WAS SO GREAT."
       "YEAH, HE WAS REALLY SOMETHING....ALWAYS SO HANDSOME AND HEROIC."
       SHAGGY CHUCKLED, " WELL LIKE, HEY! I'M HANDSOME AND AFTER THIS, ILL BE A HERO! LIKE, SO IM THE NEXT BEST THING, OBVIOUSLY!"
       AMY LOOKED TO THE SIDE AND GIGGLED A BIT.
       "HHEHE...OH, SHAGGY!"
       SHAGGY SMILED AND LOOKED AT AMY. HER PINK LOCKS FLOWED IN THE WIND AND THE DARK MAKE UP REALLY MADE HER BEAUTIFUL EYES POP. HER VOICE WAS A SOUND OF PURE BEAUTY.
       LINK ON THE OTHER HAND WAS DETERMINED TO GET ZELDA BACK. HE WALKED THE FAR FRONT OF THE LINE PRACTICING HIS SWORD FIGHTING.
        "YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!" LINK YELLED WITH EACH SLASH OF THE SWORD.
SOMEONE FROM THE BACK OF THE LINE YELLED "SHUT THE FUCK UP" AND LINK STOPPED.
       THEY CONTINUED WALKING UNTIL THEY GOT TO ILLINOIS, AND STOPPED FOR CAMP SINCE IT WAS LIKE, 12 AT NIGHT.
       THEY SET UP A CAME FIRE AND PUT UP THE TENTS THEY BOUGHT. JAKE CARRIED SOME WATER FROM THE NEAREST RIVER AND BROUGHT IT TO EVERYONE. THEY SAW AN OCCASIONAL WILD ANIMAL RUN AROUND THE AREA, STARE AT THE FIRE, AND RUN AROUND SOME MORE.
       THEY CAUGHT A SQUIRREL AND ROASTED IT TO EAT. ONCE EVERYONE WAS READY FOR BED, JAKE FORMED A TENT FOR HANK TO SLEEP IN, SHAGGY AND AMY SHARED A TENT, AND JESUS AND LINK SHARED A TENT. THEY ALL ZIPPED THEIR TENTS UP AND KEPT EACH OTHER SAFE AND WARM
       THE NEXT MORNING, SHAGGY WOKE UP TO SEE A PINK LITTLE HEDGEHOG CURLED UP AGAINST HIM WITH HE ARMS AROUND HIM. HE SMILED A BIT AND LOOKED DOWN AT HER, STROKING THE PINK LOCKS OUT OF HER RESTING FACE. HE LAID BACK AND RELAXED A BIT MORE, ALLOWING THE PINK HEDGEHOG TO REST ON HIM A BIT LONGER. THAT WAS, UNTIL THE HORN WENT OFF.
       HORSES RAN BY WITH HORNS AND SLASHED AT THE TENTS, DESTROYONG ALL OF THEM. ONCE THEY GOT A GOOD LOOK AT THEM, THEY NOTICED IT WAS MECHANICAL HORSES WITH THE GANGREEN GANG SYMBOL. THEY ALL KNEW THEY HAD TO FIGHT. LINK PIERCED SOME OF THE HORSES WITH HIS SWORD AND TWISTED TO CAUSE THE MECHANICAL PIECES TO EXPLODE WHILE AMY SMASHED THEM WITH HER HAMMER AND SHAGGY SMASHED AT THEM.
       "HANK! THIS IS YOUR CHANCE! YOU CAN PROVE YOURSELF TO THE OTHERS AND USE YOUR POWER!" JAKE EXCLAIMED.
       "I...I DONT THINK I CAN, JAKE."
       "COME ON! I KNOW YOU CAN!"
        HANK DID HIS BEST TO CONCENTRATE BUT HE COULDNT DO IT. HE WAS TOO SCARED. EVENTUALLY, THE REST OF THE GANG BEAT UP THE HORSES.
       "GREAT JOB, EVERYONE! I KNOW NOW, THAT THE GANGREEN GANG HAS NO CHANCE!"
       "OH...THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK " A MENACING VOICE CAME UP FROM THE BROKEN MECHANICAL HORSE PARTS. IT CAME TOGETHER TO FORM A HOLOGRAM OF ACE.
       "HELLO. JESUS. I SEE YOUR DADDY BROUGHT YOU BACK AGAIN. HE JUST KEEPS ON BENDING THE RULES FOR YOU, DOESNT HE?" JESUS CLENCHED HIS FIST, "NO MATTER. I JUSY THOUGHT WE'D SHOW YOU WHAT WE HAVE IN PLAN FOR YOUR LITTLE PRINCESS."
       ACE MOVED TO SHOW ZELDA BEHIND HIM IN CHAINS AT THE CENTER OF A PENTACLE,      "WE NEED THE BLOOD OF A PRINCESS TO SUMMON OUR DIETY. OUR ONE TRUE GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD. HIS HAVOC WILL SPREAD AND WE CAN SPREAD OUR TRUE POWER, CHAOS, ACROSS THE WORLD ONCE AGAIN."
       "YOU KNOW WE'LL STOP YOU. YOU CAN'T WIN THIS BATTLE"
       "EVEN IF I LOSE THE BATTLE, JESUS,  YOULL NEVER STOP ME FROM WINNING THE WAR. SEE YOU SOON" ACE WINKRD AT JESUS AND TURNED OFF THE HOLOGRAM.
       "WE HAVE TO SAVE HER RIGHT NOW! LETS GO!" LINK YELLED, STARTING TO PACK UP HIS THINGS.
       "LINK! I KNOW YOU'RE EAGER TO SAVE HER, BUT REMEMBER,  WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. WE NEED TO STICK TOGETHER AND STAY VIGILANT. WE CANT RISK ANYONE HERE GETTING HURT." JESUS SAID
       "WHY? CANT YOUR DAD JUST BRING US BACK LIKE HE USED TO?" AMY REFUTED.
       "NO...HE IS GETTING WEAKER. IN MATTER OF FACT, HIS POWER IS GETTING SO WEAK THAT I WILL HAVE TO RULE OVER THE HEAVENS SOON. HE IS SAVING THE LAST BIT OF HIS POWER FOR WHEN HE NEEDS IT. AND BY THE SOUNDS OF THE DIETY THAT THEYRE SUMMONING, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE MIGHT  NEED TO ASK FOR HIS HELP..."
       "B-BUT LIKE...JESUS. DOES THAT MEAN WE WONT SEE YOU AGAIN AFTER THIS WAR?"
       "...THERE...IS A HIGH CHANCE OF THAT....YEAH. IM SORRY GUYS."
       A SAD FEELING WASHED OVER THE GROUP. THEY SLOWLY BEGAN PACKING UP THEIR THINGS AND SET OFF ONCE AGAIN. IN ABOUT 13 HOURS, THEY SHOULD ARRIVE.
       JAKE SPOKE UP, " LISTEN, GUYS. I KNOW I WASNT A PART OF THIS GROUP UNTIL THIS MISSION, BUT...I KNOW AFTER THIS WE'RE ALL GOING TO GO OUR SEPERATE WAYS. SO WHY NOT MAKE THE BEST OF IT?" THEY ALL SMILED AT EACH OTHER AND SPOKE UP, CHATTING WITH ONE ANOTHER ABOUT WHATEVER.
       THEN THEY STOPPED AT A RESTAURAUNT TO EAT.
       THEY TOOK UP 6 CHAIRS, AMY SITTING ACROSS FROM SHAGGY.L, JAKE ACROSS FROM HANK, AND JESUS ACROSS FROK LINK.
THE WAITER CAME UP AND TOOK THEIR ORDERS,
        "HI, IM GORDON RAMSEY AND WELCOME TO MY SHOP. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE TODAY?"
       "CHILI DOGS" SHAGGY AND AMY BOTH SHOT OUT.
       "CALAMARI, PLEASE. AND CAN I GET A SIDE OF COCTAIL SAUCE?" LINK STATED.
        JESUS ASKED FOR SOME FISH AND A GLASS OF WATER.
        THEN, HANK ASKED FOR A STEAK AND JAKE ASKED FOR A BACON CHEESE BURGER.
        "ALRIGHT, ILL HAVE THAT RIGHT UP FOR YOU GUYS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE." GORDON WALKED TO THE BACK OF THE KITCHEN WHERE YOU COULD CLEARLY HEAR HIM SCREAMING AT THE KITCHEN STAFF.
        THEIR FOOD WAS QUICKLY DELIVERED TO THEM, AND THEY CHOWED DOWN AND ATE. AFTERWARD, JESUS STOOF AND GOT THE REST OF HIS GANG TO FOLLOW, MARCHING TO MASSECUSSETS.
       LITTLE DID THEY KNOW, IS THIS BATTLE WOULD BE MORE INTENSE THAN THEY EXPECTED.