[Oddey]

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Chapter 9

Travelling Again

The grubb village was far behind now. New New Yolk City seemed just as far away if not more. It was still nowhere to be seen, although they were following the signs. Finklar turned the possibilities over in his mind. 'New New Yolk City does exist, and is relatively new, so it's unlikely it's destroyed. The only realistic choice is that it's just farther than the map makers thought.' Thought Finklar, though he could not suppress the wild stray thoughts he was having about it. Germ looked a little nervous too.
"Nothing to worry about... Just taking a little longer than I thought." Said Finklar as calmly as he could.

Up ahead, there was a steep decline. Around it, most of the terrain didn't go with it, making it a canyon. Finklar slowed his pace as he walked through. This wasn't the best place to go through. With a canyon, there were too many places guys could hide. A rock tumbled away in the distance. Finklar's eyes darted towards the sound. Nothing appeared to be there. Some sand flowed down another corner. Finklar's eyes repeated the same process. He madly wanted to know who or what was making the noise. Then a couple more stones rolled down from the top of the canyon. Picking up the pace, he ushered Germ and Abe forward a little faster. There was something down there, but Finklar didn't want to stay and find out what. The end of the canyon was just up ahead. Finklar broke into a run, with Abe and Germ not far behind. They stepped out of the canyon. Looking back, Finklar still saw nothing.

A while ahead, the first of New New Yolk City's buildings were coming into veiw. Finklar breathed a silent sigh of releif. At least they were nearly there. And just in time as well. The sun was setting, and the city wasn't even that far away. They would reach it by nightfall. Once there, they'd have to find an inn to stay at. Finklar's thoughts were interupted by a howl. Scrabs where out hunting. And it sounded like they were very near.
"Run." Said Finklar, and so they did. Chancing a look back, he saw the scrabs had spotted them, and they were chacing them.
"Oh dear..." Said Finklar in a slightly sarcastic voice and began to sprint. They were nearly there, and so were the scrabs. The city gates seemed so far though. Somehow, they managed to get inside before the scrabs caught up. Their howls and shrieks could still be heard just outside the gates. Panting, Finklar sat down to rest for a minute. If Abe was exhausted he didn't show it, and neither did Germ. Germ did have mechanical pants for legs. As soon as finklar had caught his breath, they continued throught the now darkened city. Up ahead there was a tavern. Knocking on the door, a clakker asked "Who's 'at?"
"This is us, is that good enough?"
"Yeah I guess so. C'mon in!" Said the clakker opening the door.