"Alright, so, whadda we got?" Jake asked. Mikero hopped a couple steps and pointed over to the work-in-progress atop the hill.
"As you can see, it's not, er, completely finished..." he said with a wince. "...But everyone's pitching in! Except for the guys at the pool. They aren't pitching in. Rest assured Jake, this baby'll be built before sundown." He left Jake to go help in the rebuild process.
"Looks... good?"
As he sat in the grass he looked off to the distant town in the distance. It was pretty distant. He was hungry for a hotdog. Maybe the town had hotdogs. He had a headache too. That damn dream gave him the gnarliest headache he ever had. It was like,
dayum.
No, he thought.
I gotta stay here and help just like everyone else. After all, they're putting in all the effort they can, I should do the same. He plopped off towards the wreck.
Meanwhile back at ground zero, a few mushrooms were not putting in all the effort the could.
"HOLY MOLEY WINDUH, THAT IS A FUN AND NEAT THING YOU ARE DOING," said a very sarcastic Novaman. "THAT IS DEFINITELY MUCH BETTER THAN WORK."
"Oh come off it you ol' windbag!" Responded Venty. "Now check this out!"
Vent lifted up his jacket and started walking around as if they were two legs. Vinchenz was dying of laughter.
"That's so funny! I love you but it's guy love! That's all it is!" Vinchenz said worriedly. Is it worriedly a word? I dunno. But that's how he said it. Novaman was not so amused.
"Didn't you hear what Mikero said? If this building isn't up by sunset he's going to haunt our dreams! Come on you guys, I don't want to have nightmares! I'm scared of them!"
VentedWindow lowered himself back on the ground and grabbed a hammer. "Alright Novaman, I guess you're right, let's get back to work."
"Aww," Vinchenz moaned. "You ruin every kind of fun, Novaman."
"...And I'm prrrroud of it!" Novaman sneered. And sneezed too.
As the rest of the mushrooms continued to work, Slugkid poked his eyeballs up, watching something from the distance.
"Guys? Uh, guys?" Slugkid looked around but nobody was paying attention. They were off sawing wood and hammering nails and eating grass. Slugkid started hopping down the hill so he could get a better look. Orange Devil caught a glimpse of Sluggo just as he went of sight. "Where is that fool goin? I guess I better go follow him."
Orange Devil dropped his Black&Decker™ Cordless Powered Handisaw© and followed Slugkid off the hill. "Hey Slugkid!"
"Uh-WHAAAA?" Sluggy turned around. "Oh, it's just you OD. Look, look off in the distance. What is that?"
Oh-Dee squinted with his gelatinous red eyeball. "I.. I can't tell. But it sure is moving fast, that's for sure."
"I can't see wh.. oh no. Oh no oh no. Run. Run NOW!" Slugkid yelped as he tried as hard as he could to move up the hill. But it was too late. Whatever was approaching had its eyes locked on Sluggo like some kind of hawk.
"D-Don't eat me! Gaaah!" Slugkid screamed.
OD's pupils narrowed. "It's..."
"LUNCHE-SHROOM!"
Luncheshroom landed in front of them with a ginormous THUD. His teeth glistened like a wild dog hungry for baby flesh.
Mushroom baby flesh.
"Hello, little mushrooms."
Slugkid attempted to speak. "Wh-what are y-y-you gonna do to us, Mr. L-L-Luh-L-L-L-L-Lun-Luh-LunnNNnNNn-Luh-Luh-L-L--"
"Oh, I have something very special in mind. Ehehehehe..."
"... I made you a pizza."
Orange Devil and Slugkid were overjoyed.
As time passed, the mighty NMO building was nearing complete formation. The sky was full of trippy looking clouds. "Hm, must be nearing sunset," he said to himself. Jake watched as the mushrooms lifted the giant sphere to the top of the building - where they promptly dropped it - and picked it back up again.
"Hey Jake!" Jake turned around and saw his buddy Snare running over. "Hey Snarey potter. Can you do me a favor and check to see if anybody's been murdered inside the building yet?"
"Sure thing pal!"
"Oh crap."
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