Indiana slowly opened his eyes, surprised to find daylight instead of moonlight. He lifted his head and looked around. Had he actually managed to sleep last night? His belly growled in annoyance, hunger finally reaching Indiana. He sniffed the air by pure instinct, smelling for plants to eat. He had to remind himself that there were no plants here, well at least not in his cage. He crawled out of his den and looked around, his eyes landing on a round hollow object, filled with some strange cylinder objects. "Had those been there the whole time?" Indiana asked himself. He also had failed to notice a large wheel on the wall of his cage, as well as a large cylinder thing on his cage, sticking its metal end inside. He wandered to the cylinder objects, sniffing them curiously. He heard a voice laughing from behind. Sue and Sally were watching him trying hard not to laugh, but obviously failing.
"Yo-you know you're supposed to eat those, right?" Sue asked chuckling.
"Of course not! I've never been a PET before!" Indiana snapped.
"Ok ok chill." Sue responded. Even though her mockery burned, he couldn't help but want more. Perhaps because it reminded him of Marina, bringing him some comfort. He looked at the cylinders and picked one up. It didn't smell great, in fact it barely had a smell at all. and it looked bad too. But Indiana forced himself to eat. It tastes like dirt. he thought as he chewed. Over in the other cage, Sue and Sally were happily eating the cylinders, as if it tasted GOOD! After the meal, Indiana had no idea what to do. What was there to do? This cage was as barren as a wasteland! Sue and Sally managed to keep themselves occupied, somehow. Sally was running on the wheel, and Sue was leaning against a wall and...thinking? She hadn't moved for a while now. Indiana sighed he had never been so bored in his life. Eventually, he decided to explore every inch of the cage. To find any crack any hole anyway to get out. Sue watched him curiously, seemingly judging his every move. Indiana just ignored her.
"Hey, explorer boy!" Sue called, "come here!" Indiana sighed and stopped his search, heading over to the edge of the cage where she waited in her cage.
"So Indiana Whiskers was what you said your name was right?" she asked.
"Yes, that's right. Why?" Indiana replied.
"It's just, shouldn't it be Indiana JONES?" she asked.
Indiana's pelt pricked,
"um..no." he replied.
"Uhuh. so tell me again why you're stealing this guys identity?" Sue asked accusingly, humor ringing in her voice.
"I'm not STEALING his identity. I just based my name...and outfit off of him. that's all. Wait how do you know who he is?" Indiana asked.
"Pfft! How do I know him?! I live with humans! Humans watch tv, duh!" Sue exclaimed. "The real question is how do YOU know him? I mean aren't you some kind of 'wild' mouse?"
"well ya I am. I know him because when I was little my parents found a movie player and a whole bunch of movies on someone's lawn and brought them home to let us watch them. And I guess Indiana Jones was always my favorite." Indiana explained.
"Huh!" Sue said. "So what about that little gadget you were talking to last night?" Indiana's face flushed red, embarrassment tightened his stomach.
"You heard that?!" he gasped.
"Ya...was I not supposed to?" Sue replied cluelessly.
"No, you weren't!" Indiana exclaimed.
"Oh sorry. I was just worried about you. So I stayed up half the night listening to you. I didn't mean to pry." Sue apologized. Indiana loosened up. After all, he DID design the log dates to be listened to in the future. He was just embarrassed to have a mouse he just met listen to his worst entry first.
"It's whatever." he sighed. "What was the original question?"
"Oh, what is the thing you were talking too?" Sue repeated.
"It's a tape recorder. Did you know humans could make these things so small 'cause I didn't till I found it? I mean it's pretty bulky to me, but to a human, it would be so tiny!" Indiana replied looking at his recorder. It was a standard looking tape recorder, the only difference from others was obviously the size, being about half the size of a domino.
"I'll be really surprised if that thing works," Sue said staring at the recorder.
"Oh, but it does work!" Indiana proclaimed, playing one of his earlier recordings. They talked for a long while after Indiana telling tales of his adventures, Sue telling him of pet life, and Sally coming over to listen and join in. a few days had passed. Indiana still searched for an escape. He tried to leap out the door when the woman was filling his food bowl. But she was quick despite her age and shut the door on him. He tried again when she was cleaning the cage. But she locked him in the small second-floor room using a plastic circle to cover the opening where the tunnel ended. Today, he had no opportunity to escape. He sat on the dens roof while thinking of an escape, chin resting on his paw. The woman's doorbell rang, which made Indiana jump causing him to almost fall off the den. He looked towards the hallway leading to the door. He couldn't see the door from here, but he could hear voices. Mrs. Jones, the woman, was speaking warmly and inviting someone inside. The person who rang the bell was just as warm as well as grateful to be let in. Indiana could hear the woman's, the guest's and something else's footsteps heading for the living room. Sally gasped when she heard them, glancing nervously at Indiana. He was scared now. he waited for them to come into view. His ears and fur stood on end when he saw them. There was a tall fit man and, what was worse, a large Doberman, a dog, with a long thin snout, black fur with orange-brown markings and a small little tail' following close behind.
"who are they?" Indiana asked, nodding to the man and his dog.
"well, that man is Mrs. Jones's grandson. He likes to visit her and will often stay several days. But of course, he always brings his devil dog! That thing kills anything that moves. The only way to survive is to stay perfectly still." Sally replied. Indiana watched the dog as it sat attentively at his master's side, listening to him chat with his grandmother.
"how did you learn to do that without it killing you already?" Indiana asked nervously keeping his gaze on the group.
"it's, um, it's because, well because Mrs. Jones likes to care for random stray animals, as well as neighbors pets. So the first time that dog came here she had a hamster she was looking after. He was killed by the dog but me and sue survived because we were so petrified we couldn't move. that's how we survived against it for years." Sally answered.
"so all I have to do is stay still and it won't notice me? Why does that work?" Indiana queried.
"I dunno, it just does. But be warned, it's a lot harder than it seems." Sally cautioned.
Night wafted over the world, putting everything in a peaceful haze. Indiana slept peacefully. He had spent the entire day watching the dog and practicing staying still until it finally disappeared upstairs hopefully to sleep for the night. Indiana's sleep was broken by scuffling nearby. He tried to ignore his instinct to look up, lying as motionless as possible. The loud bang of something falling thundered suddenly and despite his best efforts, Indiana couldn't stop himself. He sat up and pricked his ears, his eyes widened as he realized his mistake. He peered slowly around the dark living room, horror struck him as his gaze fell upon it. Standing in the hallway with slitted eyes and sharp teeth that glowed in the moonlight, the devil dog stood. He growled as he stared at Indiana. He was so shocked that Indiana jumped back and gasped, a fatal error. The dog lunged forward, gripping the cage with his claws, Biting, tearing. Indiana screamed as he dodged the long teeth and claws. The dog paused letting the cage crash to the ground. The bars bent and snapped, bedding flew everywhere. Indiana crawled thru a hole broken in the cage and ran, flinging himself under a large chair. The dog pawed under the chair but was too big to fit. Indiana's mind raced. How would he escape? He peered from under the chair, hope flooded his chest when he saw a mail slot in the front door. "That's my ticket out of here! But how-" he was thinking to himself but screaming voices cut off his thoughts. He spun around to find the dog had retreated back towards the cages. Sally and Sue were screaming and yelling at the dog, distracting it. NO! Indiana thought. He wanted to race back and stop them from getting themselves killed. But he realized they were trying to let him escape. And from what Indiana could see, they were yelling and screaming, but they weren't moving a muscle.
"They got this." Indiana reassured himself. He turned and ran out of the safety of the chair, heading for the door. but the dog saw him! It whipped around, chasing him! When it reached the chair the dog leaped on top and sprung at Indiana from the other side landing over him. Thinking fast Indiana pulled out his whip, lassoed the dog's ear and swung himself straight thru the mail slot, landing roughly on the other side. He sat up and gripped his chest, panting hard trying to catch his breath and relax. Inside he could hear the dog still barking and growling in fury, but over that he could just barely hear, Sue and Sally were cheering and crying out in triumph. A few moments later he heard steps come down the stairs. The dog whimpered as Mrs. Jones yelled and scolded him. 'Serves him right.' Indiana thought, still breathless. After a long while, Indiana finally caught his breath and pushed himself up to head down the street to his home. "This'll take me days to get back!" he grumbled to himself, "but I guess I can't just stay here either." he trudged slowly down the street heading for where he left off. Days had passed, but Indiana could finally see it! Home! He raced excitedly to the wall on the side of the house marking the backyard. He found a hole and squeezed underneath. Joy flooded his every sense as he stood on the grass of his backyard home. He paused to let the sun warm his fur, to let the cool grass comfort his aching paws, to let the breeze blow away his fears. His nose twitched as he picked up a familiar scent, Marina! He followed the scent running to his sister. He stopped when he saw her. He laughed to himself, the entire time he was gone, the whole time, she stayed in the same freaking spot! He laughed out loudly, Marina's head whipped around, a mix of shock, joy, and relief washed over her face.
"Indie!!" she cried rushing over to him and wrapping her arms around him.
"Marina! I can't believe you stayed in the same spot!" Indiana said laughing.
"I didn't know what else to do!" Marina retorted, "I'm just glad you're safe!"
"you and me both!" Indiana chuckled, Marina laughed with him, joy causing them to be slightly delirious. After they managed to get a grip they started to head home.
"Man! I can't believe all that's happened! wait'll the rest of the family hear this!" Indiana said, "hey wait. Oh man! I can't believe that after all this I still don't even have the orb! What a joke!"
"Oh oh! Hold on stay there!" Marina blurted dashing off into the grass, returning moments later with..
"The Orb! What?! How?!" Indiana gasped.
"You dropped it when those kids got you. I was holding on to it for you." Mariana replied.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Indiana squealed, "now come on! Race you home!" He bounded towards the wall where his home lay, Marina following close behind.
"Log date 12..uh..2! I've been all over the place and have survived fierce enemies! But I finally got it! I have the Crystal Orb! I wouldn't have gotten this far if it weren't for Marina, as well as a few others, I hope they know I'm incredibly grateful. But now faithful listeners, my tale of adventure is over, I hope you liked it!"
"Indie, do you really think anyone is going to listen to this?"
"Of course they will! People love adventurers!
"ya, I doubt it!" "
"ignore her. Anyway, I-"
"no don't ignore me! I was on this journey too! I have cool stuff to say!" "
"Marin- ug! Nevermind! Goodbye everyone!"
"Bye!"
"ug!"
The*End!
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