Zoopaloopa - Part 6 (Pixiv Fanbox)

Part 6 - RUN!

The peaceful trickling of water through the sewer tunnel was momentarily disrupted by three pairs of bare feet splashing through it, followed close by a huge bulking mass of fur galloping after them. Milo glimpsed back to see the sewer tunnel filled by the Jaitors bulking mass. It’s size almost didn’t fit the tunnel as it struggled to chase the boys.

“IT’S RIGHT BEHIND US!” Screamed Milo as he was practically dragged along side by his older brother. “IT’S GOING TO EACH US ALL!”

Eddy who was just ahead of the brothers turned around at Milos cries. What happened next seemed to occur in slow motion as the Janitors claws moved to envelope the brothers. Zeek yanked the strap of Milos bib overalls and turned flinging the younger boy behind him while reaching back and grabbing his shock stick. By the time Zeek had turned three-sixty to face the approaching Janitor again, his Shock Stick was primed to go.

The entire sewer tunnel exploded into blinding blue sparks as Zeek plunged the Shock Stick right between the Janitors teeth causing sparks to erupt and envelope the giant green Zoopaloopian. A few second later it was all over plunging the tunnel briefly into darkness before the lights flickered back on dimly. The Janitor lay silent and smouldering on the floor of the sewer tunnel while Zeek stood up to assist his younger brother.

“HOLY FUCK”, said Eddy standing in awe, “Are… are you a Jedi?”

“Dam right”, Smiled Zeek before throwing the depleted Shock Stick aside, “Come on guys, The Janitor’s shocked, but he’ll soon be up again, we need to find a way out quickly”

Just as Zeek finished his sentence the hulking bulk of fur started to move again.

“QUICK GO!”, Shouted Zeek.

The Janitor slowly lifted itself up shakily.

“THERE,” Shouted Eddy just ahead of the brothers, “THAT PASSAGE!”

Eddy climbed into what appeared to be a smaller side tunnel, then turned to frantically wave the brothers to follow. Before Milo knew what was to happen, Zeek swung his little brothers smaller body towards the passage. Eddy was knocked back as Milo landed on top of him, the tunnel filled with struggling limbs.

The Janitor Shook the remaining sparks from its head then focused straight onto Zeek heading to the small passage entrance. Zeek turned to see the smouldering Janitor roar before galloping down the tunnel towards him. The boy dived towards the tunnel and the Janitor seeing his potential meals getting away also leapt in a last ditched effort to grab at least one tasty human. Zeek landed inside the small passage at Milo and Eddys feet. All three were breathing heavy gasps as their hearts raced. Zeek looked up and smiled at the other two boys before hearing the Janitor roar behind him and the sound of metal scraping against stone. Suddenly Zeek was being tugged back towards the passage entrance and the salivating Janitor.

“YOUR SHORTS!” Shouted Eddy reaching to grab Zeeks out stretched hand.

Zeek looked down to see the tip one of the Janitors metal plated claws had somehow managed to enter the small passage and hook Zeeks three-quarter length shorts. Milo tumbled forward to assist Eddy by grabbing his brother other hand and together they pulled as strong as their bulging under-developed arms could. Slowly bit by bit Zeek was pulled back towards the angry hungry Janitor, his shorts pulled down slightly but clung to his boney hips. Zeek looked back at his little brother and Eddy knowing something sooner or later had to give.

With a sharp tearing sound Eddy and Milo fell backwards in a pile. On top of them was Zeek who turned back to see the Janitor roar in anger, ripping up the remains of Zeeks shorts.

“GO GO!” Shouted Zeek as he climbed naked over the two shocked yet happy boys.

Eddy watched as Zeeks muscular buttocks lead the way through a series of twists and turns. The older boy seemed unbothered that his entire body was on display, perhaps it was the urgency of their situation, or maybe Zeek was just not bothered by such things.

Eddys mind briefly wondered. His friend Kailem coming out of the shower after a day of free-running the city skyline. Tossing the towel over his shoulder he stood in front of the window looking out across the city, his well developed teenage body slightly silhouetted by the sun.

“Only a few months until the Zoo Trip,” Said Kailem, “You excited Eddy?”

Kailem looked over his shoulder at his younger eleven year old friend who clearly

Wasn’t used to being in the presence of a naked guy.

“Yu gotta be comfortable with yourself lil bro,” Smiled Kailem before looking back out the window, “Then you’ll be free and easy like me”.

The water in the tunnel had gradually increased into a torrent snapping Eddy out of his daydream. The faint roaring cries of the furious Janitor reverberated behind the boys deeps in the depths of the sewers.

“Hey,” warned Zeek standing full frontal before Eddy,” Keep up”

“I can’t keep up“, complained Milo, “The water’s getting too strong!”

Eddy suddenly felt his foot slip and he fell under the running sewer water. Zeek grabbed the boy and pulled him to his knees giving Eddy an intimate view at Zeeks large hanging teen-hood. The two boys paused briefly before being washed away along with Milo in a sudden gush of water.

The boys yells echoed through the sewers as they were washed down through the compact tunnel tubes. Eddys struggled to hold onto Zeek and Milo as they slid fast through the cascading flush. Everything when dark then suddenly bright as the boys found themselves falling into a pool of water outside the city.

Eddy was the first to emerge sputtering and gasping for air, closely followed by Zeek. Then to the other boys relief Milo appeared coughing up water.

“Ack, where are we?” Asked Milo wading towards the bank of what appeared to be a river.

All across the banks of the river discarded clothes clung. All manner of trash from the ZoopaLoopa City polluted the jungle environment, from plastic cups, to party hats and fast food buckets.

“Gross,” Said Eddy wading the water to join the brothers, “That Janitor is a bit shit at its job”

Milo was the first to pull himself out of the water, his bib overall soaked, clinging to his body. His older brother was next hauling his lean naked body from the water, the warm sun glistening over his wet dark skin. Zeek turned and reached down to help Eddy out of the water. His black boxer shorts clung as if shrink wrapped to his body. The two older boys stood in front of each other, water dripping from their skin.

“OMG you guys!” Shrieked Milo pulling Eddy and his older brother into a tight three-way hug, “I can’t believe we survived the Janitor!”

Zeek looked down at his brothers tight embrace before looking up at Eddy with a smile.

“Thanks you guys” He said before wrapping his muscular arms around both Milo and Eddy,”you saved me back there”

Eddys eyes widened in surprise of the affection being expressed between them, then he closed his eyes and sighed happy in the moment. It had been a while since he was able to feel like this.

“Ok that’s enough,” Chuckled Zeek breaking the group hug, “This is the Jungle river, we just need to follow this and it’ll lead us the Airship Landing port in no time… oooh nice, these will do.”

Zeek pulled a pair of discarded yellow basketball shorts from the edge of the river bank. He stepped into them and pull them up over his hips before grabbing some T-shirts.

“Shirts?” Said Milo with a mischievous smirk, “Can’t we just walk naked like you were back there?”

“Don’t want Eddy cooking out here,” He said handing a blue t-shirt to Eddy and an oversized red shirt to his brother, “Plus we never know if we’ll need extra shielding from the Zoops”

Zeek then disappeared behind a tree for a while with sounds of snapping before emerging again with a long spear-like stick.

“It’s not my ‘Stick of Pain’, but it’ll do”, He said heading along the riverbank, “Now we better get moving, we lost our supplies with the raft, and we need to get to the port before it gets dark”.

Milo quickly followed his older brothers lead while Eddy looked up at the sun sprinkling through the tree leaves. He noticed for the first time the sound of the leaves rustling and the birds, he could hear birds chirping. A feeling of freedom washed over him as the sun slowly dried his wet boxer shorts. In the city the Zoopaloopians ruled the artificial world, but out here in nature, Eddy sensed things would be different.

“Hey”, Shouted Zeek, “You coming?”.

Eddy smiled and ran to catch up with his friends.

….to be continued.