Chapter 5: Rescue In Monster Land (part 1)
It has finally come to this. After Zombos was taken prisoner by the vile Shudderites, Iloz Zoc, Glenor Glenda the maid, and Steve Brown, intrepid UPS delivery person and adventurer, set out to rescue him. Traveling in the versatile and well-equipped UPS hyrdraulic-hybrid truck through the 8th dimension, they made their way to Monster Land, the mysterious home of the Shudderites. We now join them as they meticulously plan Zombos' rescue. "Okay," said Steve Brown, looking through his binoculars. "Zombos is held by the dark power in that tower. The one on the right. We better go at night."
"Wait a minute," said Glenor, looking through her binoculars. "Are you sure he's held by the dark power in the tower on the right? I thought I saw him in the tower on the left, just below that cleft. It's an easier way. We could go by day.""I'm pretty sure I saw him on the right, in the window at the third height."
"But I swear I see him over there, in the window that is square," she said."Which tower door would that be?" said Iloz Zoc, long suffering valet to Zombos, looking through his binoculars.
"The door with the wild boar, holding the vessel with the pestle," said Steve Brown."No, it's the door with the olden dragon holding the golden flagon," insisted Glenor.
"All I see is a door with an ogre holding a chalice with malice," said Iloz Zoc."No, no, that's the wrong door, it's the one with the wild boar."
"You're both wrong, it's not the door with the boar, but the olden dragon holding the golden flagon." "Which one's holding the pestle again?" asked Zoc.
"The boar.""Which door?"
Steve Brown's cell phone rang. Glenor and Zoc looked at him in puzzlement."What? It's Verizon," he said. "They've got great coverage. Hello?" He listened to the caller. "I see; he's here, I'll put him on. It's for you — your editor." He handed the phone to Zoc.
"Yes? What's that. Why how rude! I never! Do what you can until I return. What? You didn't! How's One-Eye feeling? Good. The new home for Zombos Closet of Horror Blog is www.zomboscloset.com? Capital! Yes, yes, I will hurry back." Zoc handed the phone back to Steve Brown."What's wrong?" asked Glenor.
"Much, while we've been away. Blogger.com created a wretched beta monster that's gone and eaten up a year's worth of Zombos Closet of Horror blogs. We can't get into it anymore to publish new ones. He said their powerless tech support people were surrounded by hordes of irate bloggers and eaten alive, so no help is coming from that quarter. If it wasn't for Blogcritics, there would have been no Zombos Closet reviews for the past week. Lord, what a mess. At least we have a new blog address now.
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