Vision Of Escaflowne Fan Fiction ❯ Escaflowne Survivor ❯ Getting there ( Chapter 2 )

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Part 2- Getting there

"Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?… EEP!!!" Merle finally shut up when Folken put his metallic arm around her throat, strangling her.

"WE'RE HERE!" Millerna shouted as soon as the van had stopped.

Dilandau squinted through the tinted windows. "Nope, this is just a red light," he pouted. The rest weren't surprised as they has only been driving about 2 minutes, counting the time that it took to load up the van.

"Are cats supposed to be blue?" Millerna asked.

They all just sighed at her stupidity. "Yes, Millerna. Cats are blue, and the ocean is orange," Folken rolled his eyes.

"Okay, good. But I'm confused. Merle just turned blue. Does that mean that she was an ocean before she became a cat?" Millerna innocently asked.

Folken was puzzled. "Folken! You are still strangling Merle!" Hitomi yelled at him.

"Oh," Folken let her go. Merle gradually turned back to her original color.

"Oh no!!!" Millerna screamed.

"What, Millerna?" Van groaned.

"Merle is an ocean!" Millerna exclaimed.

They all did an anime fall. "Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet…." Merle started again.

*2 hours later*

"I really hate to do this, but it seems to be the only way," Folken stated.

"There's only 2 other solutions…" Hitomi started.

"What?" asked Folken, who was beginning to get desperate.

"I could do one of two things: A- I hypnotize her with my pendant… or B- We give her back her catnip mouse," Hitomi didn't even have a choice. The second that she said "catnip mouse" Merle ripped herself out of Folken's grip and grabbed the mouse. Merle contently started chewing on her toy.

They all sighed in relief. Finally they would have some peace.

*1 hour later*

"… and then I said to the guy '5,000 is an outrageous price for that trinket,' and after much discussion and a cup of tea, he lowered it to 4,999. Anyone want to hear about how I bough my antique teacups and then sold them for twice their worth?" Dryden didn't even wait for an answer. "Okay, so I was at the bazaar…."

*1 hour later*

"Well, I guess I'm all out of stories…" Dryden said.

They all sighed. Nearly 2 hours of his stories was more than enough. "Wait a minute… I was just reading the most interesting book about the economy of Zaibach…"

*3 hours later*

"…that is why an industrial country should lower their export tax."

Finally his story was over. "Huh?" Allen wiped the drool off of his chin. He had managed to sleep through most of the ordeal.

"Ooh! I have a story," Millerna exclaimed. Everyone groaned. "There was once a beautiful princess who loved pink. She had a pink pony, a pink bed, a pink dress…."

*3 hours later*

"…and a pink elephant. And that is why you shouldn't inflate your pink balloons too much or else they'll pop." Millerna stroked her shiny red balloon.

"I'VE HAD ENOUGH! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" Dilandau lit the van on fire. Everyone screamed and got out of the van, except Merle, who was still chewing on her catnip mouse.

"MERLE!" Van screamed.

"BURN! BURN! BURN! YES, THAT'S IT!" Dilandau maniacally screamed.

"Oh no! She will evaporate because she's an ocean!" Millerna screamed.

Van ran into the burning vehicle and pulled Merle out.

The van burned to the ground.

"I see that you make quite an entrance… the cost of the van will come out of whatever you make. Now if you will follow me," a man in a black suit told them.

*20 minutes later*

"NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Dilandau screamed.

"Come on, Dilandau," Hitomi said. "You need to board the boat."

"But… but… but… that's water down there!" Dilandau pouted.

"Yeah… and….?" Hitomi asked.

"Don't you know what happens to fire when you put water on it!" Dilandau panicked.

Folken knew what had to be done.

*20 minutes later*

They were all safe on the boat at last.

"Thanks, Folkie," Dilandau sweetly smiled from inside of his straightjacket.

"No problem, little buddy," Folken replied.

Now they were all ready for the eventful ride across the ocean to get there…

*Author's note* I had intended to add the boat ride to this one, but too much happened in the van. The next part has the boat ride ^_^