Zoopaloopa - Part 7

Part 7 - The Airship

The eleven year old boy gazed out of the circular window from his seat as the clouds floated past like giant white candy floss. In fact his twin sister beside him was stuffing her face with exactly that in excitement of arriving at Zoopaloopa island.

“Mark, HEY MARK,” She asked while liking sugar coated fingers, “You sure you don’t want some candy floss?”

“OMG, MILLY!!” Replied Mark rolling his auburn eyes, “I already said I don’t want any, I already ate to many Jelly Zoops!”

Millies response and body language could only be described as ‘what ever’, to which Mark sighed before returning to cloud gazing.

While Millies excitement was obvious Mark was quietly anxious. The Twins had won an exclusive weekend at Zoopa Loop City and Mark was a super fan of the Utoob show and console games. As he gazed out of the Zoopa Airship his mind wondered wether the trip would be as fun as everyone hyped it to be, would his love of Zoopa be spoilt, would he come home with disappointment. Was he, at almost twelve, perhaps too old for Zoopa stuff?

The Twins were almost identical except for their gender differences. Both had shoulder length brown hair, but while Millies was brushed straight, Marks had curled at the neck and was more scruffy. Adding to his boyishness was a yellow tshirt with a Zoopa Logo and grey knee length shorts and sports sandals. His sister on the other hand wore a pastel mauve tank top, pink thigh length shorts and flip flops.

Annoying as they found each other, the twins counted on each other and together they could deal with anything thrown at them.

[THIS IS CAPTAIN ENDER SPEAKING, WE ARE NOW APPROACHING ZOOPALOOPA ISLAND, WHICH SHOULD APPEAR ON OUR RIGHT]

All the children jumped and skipped to the right of the passenger cabin to look out of the big circular windows, crowding around everyone who had seats there. Mark was suddenly aware of a large group of boys and girls between the ages of five and seventeen invading his personal space for the first glimpse of the island.

The clouds eventually parted and there it was, the small Island of Zoopaloopa. Home of the crazy Zoopaloopians who’s sole job was to give every visiting boy and girl joy. All the children gasped and wowed as they saw the jungle covered island of fun and in the centre the shining glowing spectacle.

“WOW, look Mark”, Smiled Milly, “is that Zoopaloopa City?”

“Yeh Sis,” Replied Mark hardly able to contain his excitement at last, “I can’t believe I’m finally going to see it”

[THIS IS CAPTAIN ENDER SPEAKING, WE WILL BE CIRCLING THE PORT A FEW TIMES WHILE WE ESTABLISH A LINK WITH GROUND CREWS, APOLOGIES FOR THE DELAY, I KNOW HOW EXCITED YOU ALL ARE]

The twins turned to each other and smiled before hugging one another, unable to contain their excitement.

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“Do you hear that?” Asked Eddy walking down the muddy track, “a humming sound?”

“Up There” replied Zeek walking beside him pointing up, “It’s the Aeroscraft Airship”

“What’s it doing?” Asked Milo squinting to see in the sun.

High above they could see the large blob shaped airship. It looked like a floating bullet with tiny wings on the back and sides. The top half was coloured Blue, while the bottom half was white with large round windows. On it’s nose was painted a big happy smile with tongue sticking out.

“Hmm, it’s circling the port?” Murmured Zeek, “I think they plan to land but with no one at the port, maybe they are trying to talk to the port guys?”

“Is it gonna crash?” Asked Eddy with concern.

“Nah, I don’t think so”, replied Zeek focusing on the hovering airship, “What makes you ask that?”

“Well,” said Eddy standing still, “can’t you hear that rumbling sound?”

The three boys stood silently for a moment on the path leading to the port. Sure enough there was a strange rumbling sound which appeared to be getting louder until the three boys could feel the rumbling under their bare feet.

“GET OFF THE PATH!” Shouted Zeek in sudden fear, “QUICK, MILO, MOVE, NOW!”

The three boys dived off the side of the road into the jungle bush, Zeek on top of his little brother, while Eddy lay beside them. Moments later dust and grass was kicked up into a cloud as more than two dozen large hungry Zoopaloopians galloped down the path towards the port. From his hiding spot Eddy gasped as a large blue Zoopaloopa stopped and sniffed the air. Eddy frowned as he recognised it from the bone carved hook surf necklace dangling from it’s large tooth.

“Snagtooth”, whispered Eddy with anger growing deep in his heart.

Snagtooth looked up at the circling Airship and grinned menacingly before continuing on down the path wit the others.

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[THIS IS CAPTAIN ENDER SPEAKING, WE WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO TAKE YOUR SEATS AS WE MAKE OUR FINAL APPROACH TO PORT ZOOPA, THANK YOU.]

All the children took their places in their seats and activated seatbelting as the Aeroscraft finally started to descend to the port landing dock.

“What we going to do first?”, asked Milly grabbing her brothers hand.

“We’ll be getting a bus to the city from the port I think”, replied Mark, “Then we’ll get shown our rooms, I hope we don’t have to share a bed”

“First think I wanna do is jump in a zoopa pool”, said Milly, “I bet you gonna plug into a VR booth!”

“Actually, we probably should call our parents” replied Mark, “they will get angry if we don’t say we’ve arrived safely”

“Why are you so….. smart?” Asked Milly rolling her eyes.

Mark smiled and turned to look out the window as the Airship descended to the most amazing island on the planet.

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Eddy joined Zeek back on the path as the dust settled. The older boy watched with concern as the Aeroscraft descended to the landing dock. Milo and Eddy then watched as Zeek ran down the path towards a bend, where he could look out down across the hillside towards the port. The hillside was covered in small green tropical bushes before hitting a fence that surrounded the small landing area. To the side of the enclosure was a traffic control tower and in the centre was a slightly elevated area accessed by ramps where the airship would land.

“So they decided to land?” Said Eddy catching up to Zeek, “Shouldn’t we hurry?”

“No,” replied Zeek bluntly with concern across his face, “Something does not feel right.”

As Milo and Eddy watched the Airship landing something caught Zeeks eye in the bushes below. It was then Zeeks realised all the Zoopaloopians that had run past them were now hiding on the hill amongst the bushes as the Aeroscraft approached.

“They have to turn back,” Said Zeek gripping his fists, “they are arriving into a trap, they have to turn back!”

Milo watched in awe as the big round grinning airship hovered above the port, large and humming. It slowed above the raised platform in the centre of the docking area then slowly started to make it’s final decent. Finally as it’s fans made a final voooom kicking up dust the Airship came to a halt.

Milo could see the bushes suddenly start rustling like a big wave of movement heading to the enclosure metal fencing.

“They have to be warned,” Said Zeek looking at Eddy, “I have to warn them!”

In a moment of pause Eddy saw a resolute determination fill Zeeks eyes.

“Don’t” was all Eddy had time to speak.

Zeek leapt from the bend in the path and started running as fast as he could through the bushes down the side of the hill.

“What… what’s he doing,” Cried Milo in a panic, “COME BACK!”

Eddy had to grab Milo to stop him doing the same, hugging him tight as they both watched Zeek heading fast towards the port enclosure. The Aeroscraft landing gear had deployed and now the departure ramp was lowering.

“NO STOP, GET AWAY,” Shouted Zeek running as fast as his lean teenage body could, “YOU HAVE TO GO BACK, ITS A TRAP!”

Suddenly all the Zoopa Monsters jumped up from their hiding places amongst the bushes and started running towards the fence. Zeek found himself running alongside the monsters who as yet had not noticed him.

With the Ramp down Captain Ender emerged somewhat confused about where the usual welcome party was. Trying to call Zoopaloopa City headquarters on his phone while also trying to uphold a calm demeanour.

“LOOK OUT” Screamed Zeek as he continued to run beside the hungry Zoopas, “THEY WILL EAT YOU ALL!!”

It was at this point some of the monsters noticed the boy running beside them and tried to take Zeek out. A purple furred Zoopa grabbed Zeek by the shirt which tore revealing the teens muscular torso glistening in the sun. The athletic boy kicked the Zoop in the nose, using that force to then leap backwards and shoulder barge another smaller Zoop out the way before continuing to sprint.

“GET AWAY, GO BACK!”, shouted Zeek in desperation, “GET AWAY FROM HERE!”

Captain Ender and his crew of four adults welcomed the new arrivals. Mark and Milly were so giddy with excitement as they walked Down the departure ramp to join approximately fifty other children standing in the port enclosure.

Surprisingly Zeek managed to reach the fence before the monsters. He leapt onto the fence and pulled himself to the top.

“RUN, RUN, RUUUUNNN!!!!” Shouted Zeek as he was grabbed by the purple Zoop who held the black boy high above in its claws and quickly tore Zeeks loose basketball shorts off.

All of the children that had departed the Aeroscraft turned and watched in shock as the naked struggling teenager was shoved into the monsters open mouth. His legs kicking and twisting, genitals bouncing and flopping about in a futile attempt to slow his decent.

“I hope you fucking choke!” Screamed Zeek as he was plunged head first into the hot slimy gullet.

The stunned children saw Zeeks lithe legs finally slip inside and the mouth close over his curling toes. The Purple monster swallowed then grinned as its belly started to rumble.

On top of the hill Milo screamed so loud at seeing his older brother being swallowed that it echoed down across the port. Snagtooth turned to look up at Eddy and Milo and grinned before turning to a yellow Zoopa monster.

“Deal with them,” growled Snagtooth, “THE REST OF YOU, LETS FEAST!”

The children inside the landing dock enclosure watched in panic as over the fence leaped almost two dozen big furry hungry looking monsters of various colours and sizes. On the top of the hill Eddy tried to comfort a crying Milo as he watched the newly arrived children get pounced on by the monsters down below. Boys and girls were pinned to the ground, clothes torn off until naked. Boy after boy after girl after girl scooped up and swallowed whole. Some of the monsters would strip them, then let their prey escape just so they could enjoy hunting them down again.

Mark and Milly coward behind an empty storage box as the chaos unfolded. Peering around mark watched as monsters gurgled down boys and girls of all ages, their legs kicking in desperation, their private bits bouncing about on full display as tongues toyed and tasted every bit of their treats. Some were being swallowed feet first, their shocked faces briefly meeting Marks, reaching out their arms to no one before being swallowed back inside the monsters throat, appearing as a large lump descending towards the big round bellies.

Milly watched Snagtooth pounce on Captain Ender. The thirty four year old put up a valiant fight but he too was soon stripped naked as the rest. His muscular adult body contrasting with the boys and girls wrestling to survive. Milly was mesmerised by the site of a grown man being swallowed headfirst by a Zoopaloopa. She grew up watching these monsters play and smile, yet here was one with a mouth full of a naked mans rear end and bouncing balls. His big member swinging about as he was gobbled back, disappearing deep into the monster gullet.

“Well what we got here?” Said a grizzly voice behind the brother and sister, “ Look Zax ,we got Twins”

Mark turned as did his sister to find two green Zoopaloopians bearing down on them.

“Oh yes Zox,” Said the thinner of the two, “I bagsy the boy!”

Mark immediately began to struggle as he felt big paws surround his body, and he soon felt his shorts being roughly tugged down. His sport sandals slipped off easily along with his shorts and underwear. Soon his shirt was also on the floor in torn tatters. Zox opened his mouth to reveal his chunky teeth and big slimy tongue, with which Zox proceeded to drag up over Marks nude body. The boy glanced over to his sister who had also been de-clothed and was being slobbered hungrily by the tongue of the shorter plumper Zax. The twins both wriggled and shook in the grasp of their captures.

“Heads or tails?” Cackled Zox turning towards Zax.

“Hmmm, Tails!,” Replied Zax, “We can do a Sibling tug”

“OH YES” grinned Zox with a chuckle, “We aint done one of those for a while!”

Mark felt himself being spun around then his bare feet were suddenly enveloped in warmth as he was pushed into Zox’s open maw. Looking forward he saw Milly in the same position with the other monster. The Twisted green monsters stepped towards each other and instinctively the twins reached out to each other grasping hands. Zox and Zax giggled with the siblings in their mouths then started to suck on their juicy human bodies, trying to pull them into their throats. But Mark and Milly would not let go, they held onto each other stopping themselves from sliding back into the monstrous maws.

After enduring having his entire body sucked on, Mark felt the monsters large tongue push up between his legs, playing and prodding his most intimate places. All to soon mark was gasping and panting hard while still holding his sisters hands. Milly in turn was also gasping and mark realised the other monster must be doing the same to her.

Zax and Zox continued to tongue and suck on the twins until finally mark gave out a small yelp and his entire little body shook. In his overwhelmed state mark briefly let go of his sister and Zox sucked him in with a big swallowing gulp.

“I win!” Belched Zox, “Boys are always first.

Zax rolled his eyes before twisting his tongue making Milly yelp and shudder. Then Zax swallowed her back to the same fate as her twin brother. The two green Zoopaloops grinned at each other and laughed before being suddenly alerted.

“MY FELLOW ZOOPALOOPS,” Shouted Snagtooth with his mouth full of boy, “I HAVE DELIVERED MY PROMISE OF A BOUNTIFUL MEAL”

Seemingly the largest of the monsters now, Snagtooth swallowed back the kicking lower half of the teenage boy before climbing up onto the airship platform to continue his speech. Around Snagtooth a few Zoopas were still sucking and chewing on the final boys and girls. One was struggling to swallow three boys at once around the ages of eight, their young legs intertwined as they dangled out the monsters maw.

“WAS THIS NOT PROOF THAT I CAN LEAD YOU?, THAT IF YOU FOLLOW ME YOU SHALL BE REWARDED WITH EVEN MORE! THIS IS BUT A SMALL ISLAND, OUT THERE BEYOND THE WATERS IS SO… MUCH… MORE! …. LET ME LEAD YOU AND YOU SHALL FEAST FOR EVER MORE!”

Across the airship landing dock Zoopaloopa monsters roared and growled in approval.They had chosen their leader and that was now Snagtooth.

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Eddy struggled to drag Milo along beside him as they hurriedly made their way through the forest. The younger boy still in tears after watching his older brother swallowed up. Eddy himself was struggling to keep it together. His thoughts flashed between the need to escape and the need to process that Zeek was gone. He thought back to when they escaped the Janitor, the feelings that swelled in his heart.

Milo again became heavy as he was consumed by grief forcing Eddy to snap out of his thoughts and pick the younger boy up over his shoulders. He ran as best he could through the forest as far away from the port as possible.

With a huge crash the yellow Zoopaloopa sent by Snagtooth, appeared ripping through the surrounding plants causing Eddy to stumble and fall to the side. The Monster roared and stamped it’s fists. It’s mouth salivating with hunger.

Eddy crawled quickly over to Milo and pulled the boy into a protective hug bracing for what was about to come.

...To Be Continued