Unhinged // Lego City Adventures

Chapter Five: Hidden Away

Clemmons was walking around the abandoned fire station alone. At least, he hoped he was alone. Tippy may be around here somewhere, but Clemmons was crossing his fingers that he wouldn't run into him.

     He missed this place. Even if it had only been a week since he last been here. The fire station was almost always busy. Usually quiet time in the station would be a good sign, but now it just was unsettling. Clemmons walked by his office and saw a limbo stick propped against a wall. It wasn't too long ago since he had won the limbo contest. He learned he had some sort of special talent to bend over low. That was a hidden ability Clemmons was actually happy to have; finding out about his other hidden ability, door powers, was what triggered this whole crisis. He kind of resented his powers because of that.

     Clemmons looked at his desk. It still held scorch marks from the time it accidentally caught on fire a while ago. He opened a drawer in his desk and found a glamorous pair of sunglasses. It was the same ones that Bob had tried on in the store awhile ago. Clemmons had gone back to the store after that trip and bought the sunglasses himself. He had stored them in his desk drawer, saving them for today, specifically. He grabbed them and put them in his jacket.

     Ever since they had evacuated into Cluster's underground hatches over a week ago. Clemmons had successfully evacuated the whole city into the underground, leaving the buildings abandoned. Once everyone was safe, most everyone had an outfit change, including Clemmons. Those who came straight from the ball in their fancy clothes had been especially eager to change into something more comfortable. Clemmons himself was wearing a black head band and a bandanna over his mouth. This was so hopefully he could be somewhat undercover. He had a red jacket with a black undershirt. His pants were ripped and he had combat boots. He normally wouldn't want to wear something like this, but everyone was sold that they must wear "apocalyptic" clothes to intimidate Tippy.

     Even though he wished he could stay longer, it wasn't safe. He walked to the office doors and opened them. Next thing he knew he was in the bunker that had been made in the hatches. A crowd came and gathered around him. They did this just about every time Clemmons came back from gathering supplies.

     "Did you get my mustache brush?" It was Matt Finish.

     "No... I only got essentials."

     Matt scoffed."That is essential."

     Before Clemmons could say anything else Hacksaw Hank spoke.

     "Did you get my hacksaw?"

     Clemmons was getting annoyed. "What do you not understand about "essentials"?" He started walking away from the growing crowd.

     "What about my chainsaw? You at least got that?"

     Clemmons didn't respond. He walked away and left the crowd. With each passing day the citizens became more and more antsy. Clemmons understood that they were not in an ideal situation, but their growing discontent only soured his mood. Besides, there wasn't much he could do right now. The town could live a while without their toys, but they couldn't live without food and water, and he was worn out after a long day of gathering those essential supplies from the abandoned city.

     He rubbed his eyes and walked to a more empty corner of the large bunker. Bob was already there, and his eyes lit up when he saw Clemmons. "Oh good, you're back. Where in the world were you? You should never leave the bunker alone! Especially with Tippy looking for you!"

     "Sorry for making you worry. I just had to grab something important." Clemmons reached for the sunglasses in his jacket, but he was interrupted by Vito standing on a crate.