The Fourth Friend (An Amphibia Story)

Part 3: Prison Break

Skylar's P.O.V
'Get your own food you dumb bug' Sasha says as she squishes a bug with a rock.

'It's still moving, try squishing it again' I say while laying down. Sasha goes to pick pick up the rock but was interrupted by the door opening.

'Huh?' We both say.

'Hey Sasha, hey Skylar, brought you dinner, cricket Thursday's'

'Percy' I sit up with a smile.

'Hey I've been working on my act, do you wanna see it?' He asks.

'Totally, bring it' Sasha says.

'Ok stay right there'

'Not like we have a choice' I hear Sasha mumble.

Percy then comes back in wearing all sorts of instruments. He does his little performance finishing with a bow.

'Tada!' He finishes.

'Go Percy' I cheer.

'Woo get it toad, that was legit Percy' Sasha says. She then looks at me and smirks. 'Honestly you're wasting your time here as a guard'

'You know what you're right' he takes off his helmet. 'thanks Sasha and Skylar, I can't wait to see the look on grime's face when I tell him that-' he ran into grime.

'Oh no' I whisper while rubbing the bridge of my nose.

'Tell me what?' Grime asks while towering over Percy.

'Ummmm... That I quit and I've always hated this job byeeeeee' Percy yells as he runs out of the room.

'Hey there Grimesy, what's that like the fifth toad we've talked into leaving this week' Sasha says to Grime.

'There's plenty more where that came from and far more loyal than Percy' he said Percy's name like it was a bad taste in his mouth.

'Are you sure about that? You're not exactly mister popular around here' Sasha taunts.

'ENOUGH, now who-'

'Sent us? No one' I start.

'How'd we get here? don't know' Sasha continued.

'What do we want? To find our friends and go home' we say in sync like we had many times before.

'Haven't we been through this enough?' I ask.

'It'll be enough once you start giving me real answers, until then-'

'CAPTAIN GRIME SIR!' Braddock yells entering the room. 'Oh hey girls' she says waving at us.

'Braddock, hey girlfriend' Sasha says.

'How's the garden coming along?' I ask.

''Oh it's gorgeous, you should see the squash'

'Did you need something soldier? Grime asks clearly annoyed.

'Oh right yes, we may have a small problem' Grime then follows Braddock to the roof of the tower. Me and Sasha move to the window to see what they're looking at.

'Kill the torches, fast' Grime whisper yells.

'Sir' Braddock follows the order.

'A bird? You guys are scared of a bird' Sasha scoffs.

'Look at the size of those things though' I observe.

'Quite, it's not just a bird, it's a Heron' he starts 'a murderous predator that happens to love the taste of flesh' he explains.