Quest In The Realms - An Interactive Bananafish Production! - Episode 51

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51

Racing up the crest of the slope you see Oddy's crazy train leer its malevolent blacklight gaze over the rise. Like a twisted carnival ride, his grinning steel monstrosity hurtles through the descent. Pressure pulls you towards the tracks and you fight against it, slamming your body tight against the carved rock wall.

Instead of speeding towards Vic's deadly illusionary tunnel trap, the locomotive starts to slow with a sliding shriek! Sparks arc between the rails and the metal wheels from the scraping friction.

Panicking at the thought of the mutants catching you, you shove off from the wall with your bandmates hot on your heels. Pneumatic brakes hiss serpentine taunts as you struggle to make it beyond the final railcar.

You're nearly there when a tentacle shoots out from the open vestibule! The slimy appendage clotheslines your face with a wet slap. Reeling backward from the force, you land with a thud in the gravel. Winded, you lie there and gag on the sticky trail of ooze smeared across your lips.

Oddy swaggers along the path. The silver badge on his conductor's hat emblazoned with the title:

HELLRAISER

His face splits with a condescending smile, "Well, that was a lot of fun but I think you boys have had enough playtime." Raising his gloved hand into the air, he gives a commanding snap.

Like a demented sideshow trick, dozens of minion freaks pour from the darkness and surround the remaining Tortillas.

Tres swings his fists and shouts, "I'm ready to let the bodies hit the floor!"

"Tut-Tut," Oddy shushes and nods to a scaled minion brandishing an electric rod. Teeth gleaming a neon green from the glow of the train's blacklight, the servant stabs the weapon into Tres' neck.

The bassist howls and jerks from the pain spasming through his body before collapsing to the ground with a wet fart.

Still lying in a dazed heap, you watch Machete and Tio hastily throw their hands up in surrender.

Oddy's mutants haul your band into an iron cage within the second railcar. They hoot and jeer insults your way during the train's trek to the surface. With so many beady eyes watching your every move, there's no chance of escape.

The minion goons frogmarch you through the lush forest and back to Oddy's mansion of mad science. A horrible déjà vu sinks your stomach as you cross the columned portico. Inside, you're once again led to the laboratory with the machines still pulsing pink light.

Strapping you to the operating tables, the deformed minions in lab coats signal that they're ready to begin.

Humming sizzles from the complicated machinery, but you see a glowing yellow halo form above it.

Could it be a sign sent by the Yellow King?

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