Chapter Five

by St. Julie Billiart School, Hamilton, Ohio, USA

"... 6, 7, 8, 9, 10."

Kabash!

The ship blasted toward the Slimy Terror. Blob reported to Captain Slug. He'd just released the poison into Professor Blib's lab.

"You buffoon," Captain Slug shrieked. "The Daisy was with him. You may have ruined the invention!"

Blob did not know the Protective PINK SUIT the Pinkerellians gave Daisy shielded her from the poison. He rushed toward the lab to see if he could save the Daisy and was amazed to find her attempting to revive the Professor. He rushed toward Daisy and slipped on a banana, which had fallen from her apron pocket. He was out cold.

Daisy discovered an apparatus called a poison-healer hanging overhead, she pulled it down and attached it to the Professor. He awoke drowsily.

Using the Spanner Daisy and the Professor sent a desperate call into space trying to find the Pinkerellians. They received a message "hit the button labelled WE LOVE PINK to contact Pinkerellians". Daisy and the Professor frantically searched for this button but Blob was laying on top of it. They tried and tried to move him but he was enormous and slimy.

"Now what," cried Daisy

Still groggy and afraid of poison, Professor Blib mumbled "Do you smell something?"

A sweet smell drifted in the windows of the lab. It kept getting stronger and stronger. Daisy and the Professor started coughing as pink dust filled the air, whirling, blowing everything around the lab. In an instant all was still and Proddle appeared. He grabbed Daisy and started once more to whirl.

Professor yelled "STOP, we have a plan but need Pinkerellian HELP!"

Dizzily Daisy inquired, "What happened?"

Proddle explained Pinkerellians in emergencies travel in pinkish mist. The mist sometimes zaps their enemies.

Daisy suggested, "We need another PINK SUIT like you gave me. We can put Blob into the suit and ship him to Captain Slug. He will think he has the real Daisy and proceed to the Rose Cup."

The professor announced he'd built a SLUG SALT SLINGER. The slugs had been terrorizing the galaxies for 3000 years. The SSS using golf ball size salt pellets would shrink the slugs.

Professor Blib stated, "The slugs would no longer be the BIG bullies and the galaxies would be set free of the SLUG reign of terror. The Rose Cup would once more be a fair competition."

Proddle exclaimed, "What a wonderful plan, I will take care of it."

Proddle used Blob's flotation chamber to transport the Pink Suited Blob to the Slimy Terror. Captain Slug accepted the transport as he assumed Blob sent it. He slowly took off the pink suit. To his astonishment there stood the mucilaginous Blob. Captain Slug turned PINK with rage.

"Calm Down!" Blob commanded. "We just need to fly to Earth and find our own Daisy. I heard Daisy tell Professor Blib other girls on Earth do more than she does."

Slimy Terror headed for Earth and swooped up a girl named Tulip, who was working in the fields. Time was running out as they soared off toward the Rose Cup.

At the Rose Cup Competition aliens from all over the galaxy came to present their inventions but all were terrorized by the Slug People.

Captain Slug barged onto the stage and demonstrated his Yellow Suited Tulip first, but Tulip was timid and didn't know what she was to do. Daisy showed her and the judges were astonished for one invention to help another.

Daisy laughed and laughed and explained. "Tulip and I are not inventions. We are people from the planet Earth."

Then Daisy pulled out the Slug Salt Slinger and demonstrated how the SSS worked. Instantly all the slugs became teensy-weensy and Captain Slug slunk around shouting "FOUL! FOUL!"

The judges and everyone in all the galaxies treasured the Pinkerellians' device and voted it 1st Prize. A galactic party followed, to give honor to the heroes Daisy and the Pinkerellians. In celebration the skies were shaded pink (for Pinkerello) and blue (for Earth).

The party reminded Daisy she was not a servant here but still she was not free. She told the Professor she needed to go home. She wondered what had happened during the party at Calthorpe Grange. The professor said he understood. Sadly Daisy waved good by as he zoomed off to the planet INVEN.

Before she left she left she turned to face the Pinkerellians and said, "I am afraid I will miss you pinkish imps, but I am not free here, I would have to live in this pink suit forever. I also miss my friends. I am sure I can never explain where I've been. They must wonder what has become of me."

Captain Pinash, Proddle and Pazaz looked at each other and wiggled their antenna as they knew what a surprise awaited Daisy.

When Daisy landed on Earth only minutes had passed, in pinkish time it had been days…The Pinkerellians are in the 25th century! On Earth the party was in full swing, Albert had not even cut his cake. Daisy started to giggle when she realized no one had even missed her, though Cook shook her head and scolded, "Why haven't you changed into your clean uniform?" Daisy just giggled harder and ran off to change.

Daisy never saw the Pinkerellians again. Yet she knew when the horizon turned blue and pink the Pinkerellians were performing their slug control responsibility. If you ever encounter a large slug ……

THINK PINK

The End

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