Well, pets, just a wait! - Episode 6 (Part 1/2)
ENG:This is the first half of sixth episode from my LPS 2012 and Masked singer fanfic for @littlest-petshop-2002-2026 and @rakoon-with-a-k . Idea of outfit for OC by @littlest-petshop-2002-2026 was found here: https://www.tumblr.com/jurinova/182916805962/send-a-character-outfit-accessory-part-3 (D2) The chase scene at village is based on the final scene of comedy "Trembita" of 1968.
RUS: Первая половина шестого эпизода из моего фанфика по Маленькому зоомагазину 2012 и Маске. Сцена погони на даче основана на финальной сцене комедии "Трембита" 1968 года.
Somewhere in wide field, Bev the female turtle was sprawled out on the green grass. She closed her eyes, dozing, not even moving her paws. She was just softly humming the song "Endless summer".
Suddenly, a loud roar rang out, causing turtle to open her eyes. She saw huge shadow and took off running. Tripping over a hummock, Bev flattened herself to the ground and trembled.
When the danger had passed, turtle raised her head and grinned, seeing a single-engine biplane landing in the summer field. Four parachutists approached the plane in formation. They were wearing jumpsuits and carrying parachute packs over their shoulders.
"Who are these four? Could these really be Zoe's friends?" Bev looked more closely.
The observer was absolutely right: the four parachutists were two lizards named Vinnie and Sally and two mongooses named Shahrukh and Rosa.
Bev ran up to the parachutists and boarded the plane with them.
The plane took off and gained altitude.
"Here I am!" turtle smiled and extended her paw toward the animals.
Sally screamed in terror, but immediately the red light flashed and alarm sounded. The parachutists rose as if on cue and headed for the open door. Shahrukh jumped first, followed by Rosa, and lizards were the last ones.
"Where?" shouted Bev and jumped out of the plane.
Four animals flew down, opening their parachutes one after another. Vinnie tugged the ring, and the parachute opened above him.
Bev looked down - there was nothing to pull. She froze, seeing herself approaching the ground.
The turtle was lucky: she landed on Shahrukh's parachute canopy. She jumped from that canopy to the other, Rosa's, and from there onto Vinnie's. Bev smiled as she landed on the gecko's parachute and began to dance.
Vinnie looked down and gasped - there was a lake.
"Oh, no! Who wants to sit on water?" male lizard tugged at the parachute's handles and flew away from the lake.
Turtle slid down and grabbed the gecko's paws, but only his boots remained in her paws.
Bev whistled like a bomb and crashed through the roof of henhouse below, sending dust flying in all directions as if from explosion. The dust cleared, and turtle perched on the perch looked at the hens sitting nearby, who were clucking in confusion.
The door creaked, and rooster entered the henhouse. Seeing the stranger, he cackled indignantly and gestured with his wings. The hens understood and scattered in two different directions. The rooster gathered his strength, ran up and leaped at his enemy. Female turtle spun around on the pole like a gymnast on horizontal bar. The rooster continued to beat and scream, raising a clamor that could be heard throughout the entire area.
Bev ran out of henhouse, shook herself of feathers and growled at the rooster's triumphant crow:
"Well, lizard! Cock-a-doodle-doo! Oops! Just a wait!"
Bev was walking along the dusty road, humming. Then she stopped - two lizards carrying buckets were running toward her down the country street.
Bev darted toward the well:
"Here's the ambush spot!"
The lizards approached the well and noticed that the chain on the pulley was unwound. This meant the well bucket was below.
Sally in dull-blue t-shirt with red kerchief and red skirt grabbed the iron handle and began to lift the bucket.
"It's heavy!" female lizard complained. "It must be full of water. It's barely lifting."
"Let me help!" Vinnie in red shirt and blue jeans offered, tugging at his girlfriend's hind legs to help her get the bucket.
The chain wrapped around the pulley, and the bucket came out, revealing Bev in it.
"Hi!" the turtle smiled at the lizards.
"Run!" Vinnie yelled and rushed away. Sally let go of the iron handle and jumped back.
The winch spun the other way. The turtle flew down into the well.
Sasha the little male chick and Alex the male baby owl were already approaching the well. They were also carrying buckets.
"We'll get the bucket now! Help me!" Sasha climbed onto the handle and hung from it like a crossbar. Alex grabbed him by the paws and began to pull him down.
Together, the two friends wound the chain around the pulley. Bev emerged from the well and hit the back of her head on the pulley.
"OWWW!" turtle cried, rubbing her head.
"What?" chick looked at the reptile in surprise.
Female turtle clenched her right front paw into a fist, swung and hit Sasha! He flew off, and the bucket with Bev flew back down.
"Sasha, are you okay?" Alex shook the injured chick's shoulder.
"What was that?" the chick pressed his wing to his forehead.
"I think there's someone down there!" baby owl pointed both wings fearfully toward the well. "What are we going to do?"
Suddenly, someone cleared their throat behind them, and two friends looked back in horror. Behind them stood Arseniy-Snowball the male bullfinch, holding a bucket in his wing.
"Got any water?" the bird asked as he approached.
"Ugh, Uncle Snowball! You scared us to death!" Sasha wiped the sweat from his brow.
"There's someone in the well!" Alex continued to tremble with fear.
"Are you serious?!" Arseniy-Snowball didn't believe the little chicks' words. "I don't think there's anyone there. But if that's what you think, I'll have a look at your water monster."
The feathered one grabbed the handle and began winding the chain, while chick and baby owl watched. The bullfinch lifted a full bucket of water, and Bev was lying in it.
"Wow!" Arseniy-Snowball gasped, seeing the reptile.
"So that's who it was in the well!" Sasha shouted.
"And how did she get there?" Alex was even more surprised.
Bullfinch placed the turtle on the ground and poured all the water over her to bring Bev back to her senses.
"Say something!" owl gently poked the turtle's chest with his wing.
Bev slowly came to her senses and opened her eyes, muttering:
"What lizards?" Arseniy-Snowball smiled.
Turtle screamed at the sight of bullfinch, chick and baby owl - and ran! Terrified, she rushed past Vinnie and Sally. Only then she remembered them.
Two lizards ran away from impudent turtle. Seeing a horse grazing in the field, Vinnie and Sally jumped on him and started yelling at him to gallop. But horse wouldn't obey his riders because his front legs were tied together with a rope.
Bev watched this comical commotion, poking her head out from behind the thick grass.
The horse shook off his riders, and lizards were forced to run on their own, with the turtle stomping after them. The horse neighed with laughter.
A tall haystack stood in the way. Two lizards jumped into it.
"Stop!" Bev jumped into the hay.
The entire haystack crumbled in the blink of eye!
While turtle was searching for Vinnie and Sally in the hay, lizards quickly ran away from her. Vinnie hid under old cart, while Sally ran to nearby scarecrow and donned the clothes it was wearing - a worn coat and bucket. Bev ran past the scarecrow, not noticing the camouflaged lizard.
Once the danger had passed, Sally began to tiptoe cautiously. A goat tied to a stake saw the "living" scarecrow and ran toward it, but the rope prevented her from reaching the lizard.
Sally looked back and saw that the rope had been torn. The goat ran up to the lizard and smashed her horns into Sally's back!
Vinnie accidentally climbed into the kennel and collided with dog. It's a good thing he managed to jump out in time, otherwise the dog would have bitten him!
Fleeing from the goat, Sally climbed onto the roof of one of the village houses. Bev saw this and grabbed a rake.
"Get down from there quickly!" female turtle waved the rake to get the yellow lizard.
Sally crawled to the chimney and dove into it.
There was a loud scream and Seville the female raccoon ran out of the house. Sally, black with soot, came out of the house and, coughing loudly, ran to the fence where Vinnie was standing.
There was a barrel of water near the fence. Vinnie filled a bucket with water and poured it over Sally to wash away the soot.
"Are you okay?" male lizard asked his girlfriend, continuing to run away.
"It's a good thing the raccoon didn't light the stove!" said Sally.
