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Topic: PROCRASTINATE (08/04/16)
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TITLE: Captain Thesaurus and the case of the Booming Book Fair | Previous Challenge Entry
By Tiffanie Chezum
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Meanwhile, at the day spa inside the secret headquarters of the Grammar Allies Guild, Commissioner Conjunction sipped his mocha latte as he enjoyed a pedicure.
“I’m sorry to disturb you, sir.” The Librarian clasped her hands against her chest. “Could you please join us at the video screen?”
“Because?” the commissioner asked.
Captain Thesaurus burst through the doors. “We have a situation, an issue, a dilemma.”
The group hurried across the complex, as a crowd gathering in the guild’s teleconference and internet game center.
“I meant to call you earlier; just didn’t get around to it.” A middle-aged man glared through the videophone. “Did you not think I would do it?”
A murmur rose amongst the onlookers.
“Shhhhhhhhhh.” The Librarian’s call for silence echoed through the halls of the guild.
“I explained it all in the ransom note.” The man ran his fingers through his unkempt hair.
Captain Thesaurus pointed an accusing finger at the screen. “We never received a note, a memo, a communiqué …”
“You should have gotten it.” the uninvited caller barked. “I sent it …” He rustled a stack of papers on his desk. “Oh wait. It’s right here. I knew I shouldn’t have waited to mail it.”
Silence lingered for a moment.
“Are you going to tell us your evil plan, your scheme, your treachery?” The captain inquired
“Oh, yeah.” An evil smirk spread across the villain’s face. “All I want is three million dollars, and a car to get out of this miserable little village … oh, and a large anchovy and olive pizza.”
“Or?” the commissioner asked.
“Or you can say goodbye to all your precious books,” the bad guy replied.
The Librarian’s knees buckled.
Captain Thesaurus turned toward his colleagues and blurted, “We must stop this fiend, the brute, the wrongdoer.”
The strange man leaned back in his chair. “You’ll never find me.”
“He’s in the catacombs,” The Librarian announced.
The scoundrel sat up in astonishment. “How could you know that?”
The Librarian cleared her throat. “It’s on the sign behind you.”
The befuddled man glanced over his shoulder. “Darn. I was supposed to take that down last week.”
“And just how do you intend on pulling off this heist, this caper, this robbery?” Captain Thesaurus demanded.
“I’m drilling up into your town square. When my tunnel is done I’ll toss all the books into the catacombs.” The criminal held a odd shaped object up to the screen. “After I subdue the crowd with this stun grenade.”
“Kaaboooom.” Onomatopoeia jumped with excitement.
The Librarian glared at the young hero in training.
“This is Ann Alogy reporting from the annual book fair and dog washing contest.” A television on the adjacent came to life at the start of the news bulletin. “People began scurrying around the town square like bees near their hive as an unusual sound began to rumble under their feet like an earthquake.”
“I see my plan is working,” the criminal said.
The group of heroes switched from one screen to the other.
“It seems as though …” The fair-haired reporter paused. The camera zoomed in to bubbles rising in the fountain.
The scandalous man grabbed the grenade. “And now to really stun the crowd.” He pulled the pin.
A loud gurgle echoed in the town square as the fountain began to empty.
A gush of water flowed into the catacombs, knocking the villain off his feet as the stun grenade exploded.
Onomatopoeia giggled. “Kaboom?”
The madman’s sputtered, “I knew I should have looked at the blueprints.”
“We put that procrastinator behind bars, up river, in the hoosegow,” Captain Thesaurus said. “I could really use some time off, a break, a vacation.”
“Have you filed your reports?” The Librarian queried.
“I can finish that job tomorrow, in the morning, the near future.” The captain turned to leave.
Commissioner conjunction stared at the exhausted hero.
Captain Thesaurus turned back to his desk. “I think I will complete that task right now, immediately, without delay.”
“Because?” the commissioner asked.
The Librarian cracked a rare smile. “Because he doesn’t want to be smacked upside his head.”
Onomatopoeia popped up from his chair. “Splaaat … Owwwww.”
The guild members erupted into laughter.
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Claire
It would make an excellent youth book to teach some grammar vocabulary.