User:Zorro T. Dracoyena/An Alternative Means to get to the Grocery Store

A water tower out somewhere in the city ruptures, spilling thousands of gallons of water all over the place.

Roxie: *Hears rushing water* What's that?

Jenny: *Looks up from magazine* Sounds like the plumbin's havin' a problem again.

Roxie: There is no way that's the plumbing.

Water crashes by outside. They run to the front window (I have magically put windows at the front of the building). Well, Roxie ran, Jenny walked.

Roxie: Where did that come from?!

Jenny: The swamp?

Roxie: Jenny, there ain't a swamp anywhere near here.

Jenny: What about the mansion, then?

Roxie: Danny and Buddy had to FLY there.

Jenny: *Stares at Roxie*

Roxie: Come on. *Drags Jenny outside to where Buddy and Zorro are standing on the train platform* Did you see that?!

Buddy: Yeah!

Zorro: See what? *Roxie gestures to all of the water* Whoa. When did that happen?

Roxie: How are we supposed to get groceries now?

Jenny: *Shrugs* Time ta get the canoe.

Roxie: Canoe?

Jenny goes inside for a second and comes back out with a 15 foot canoe.

Roxie: Where the heck have you been keeping that?!

Jenny: Under my desk.

Roxie: o_o

Jenny: Come on Zorro. Let's go to Food Lion.

Zorro: OK... *Watches Jenny throw the canoe over the rail and jump in, then jumps in himself*  Can you drive this thing?

Jenny: We gonna find out.

They set off canoe-ing down the road. They soon come to a red light and stop. Sitting in an inflatable raft on the corner was some random guy playing the "Hawaii 5-0" theme song on a trumpet.

Jenny: Shut up! *Knocks the guy off his raft with her oar*

The light turns green and they continue on their way. Unfortunately, the water level is so high that the automatic doors of the Food Lion store are completely submerged.

Zorro: Snap. Now what?

Jenny: We go in through the roof.

Zorro: Are you serious?!

Jenny: Do I look like I'm joking?

Zorro: ...You never look like you're... anything.

Jenny: Exactly. *Pulls out a grappling hook and begins to swing it around*

Zorro: Where did - Never mind.

Jenny: *Throws the grappling hook on the roof of the store* Let's go.

Zorro: What about the canoe?

Jenny: That's what the anchor's for. *Pulls a 10 foot long anchor out of the canoe and drops it in the water*

Zorro: Wwwow.

Jenny and Zorro climb up the rope and enter Food Lion through the roof. Surprisingly, it is completely dry inside the store.

Jenny: *To the cashier as Zorro pulls the shopping cart up through the ceiling* Pleasure doin' business with ya, sir. *Rolls the shopping cart to the edge of the roof as Zorro jumps into the canoe. She drops the cart into the canoe and it promptly vanishes*

Zorro: *As Jenny jumps in* Where'd it go?

Jenny: Don't worry about it. *Pulls the anchor up and drops it back into wherever it came from*

They head back to the HQ. On the way there, they found the guy playing "Hawaii 5-0" again. One look from Jenny and he threw himself in the water before she could hit him.

Roxie: Where are the groceries?

Jenny: Here. *Pulls the shopping cart out of somewhere in the shallow canoe and throws it up onto the train platform*

Zorro: *As he climbs up onto the platform* Yeah, I don't know.

Jenny: *Drags the 15 foot canoe up onto the platform and into the HQ* Mission accomplished. *Pushes the canoe under her desk*

Canoe on outta here
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