Well, after a nice, dramatic ending to Chapter 3 there, I'd say we're just about set for the big, climactic, and as usual, lame battle in the story right? Well, too bad, because I'm gonna get into it anyway. Not that any of you would ever be frightened by any of this, after all, it's just a big, climactic, and exceptionally lame battle.

     Anyway, moving on with the story, The Dancing Rhubarb was out shopping for a new trampoline, after a little incident with the stove (how he managed to ignite steel hubcaps and a giant elastic band is anyone's guess) and some incessant nagging from The Motion Curves convinced him that maybe they needed a new trampoline. So ol' TDR decided the best place would be the local VillagetownMart (not to be confused with the Villagetown Grocer. Why you would confuse them I couldn't comprehend, they're almost completely different and have no relation to one another in terms of products).

     As TDR was meandering through the trampoline aisle (hey, there are aisles for everything these days, like the "Fast Food Storage Compartments" aisle), he thought about why TMC and himself would ever need a trampoline, as they had never even used the old one.

     He then decided, you know, we don't reeeeeally need a trampoline, but what if we went to Burger King, and needed some burgers for home??? So, a little later, The Dancing Rhubarb walked out of the store with seven high-quality fast food storage compartments.

     Unfortunately, he didn't make it to the car. Now, this would have been somewhat dramatic if The Dancing Rhubarb had a car. It would be even more so if he even had a driver's license. But more to the point, The Dancing Rhubarb didn't get very far before he heard a small rumble.

     Now, even though this rumble wasn't enough to make him drop his fast food storage compartments (after all, they were $5.99 each), but it did startle him for a second. Then, like any normal dramatic sequence actor would, he waited for the next rumble to come.

     Nothing happened.

     Now, TDR was a bit more experienced in dramatic scenes than most people would think. Knowing that there was no rumble, he decided to disregard it, while also knowing as soon as he did that.....

     Rumble.

     TDR, of course, being very skilled in dramatic scenes, was listening for the rumble, and now knew where it was coming. Slowly, and carefully, he set his bag of fast food storage compartments off to a side (you never know) and turned toward the sound.

     Obviously, the person who made the sound now knew he had been found out, and started to make the nifty rumble again.

     Rumble. Rumble.

     By now, the entire street had heard a rumble or two, and had stopped to find out what was making it.

     Rumble.....

     As the shadow that came from around the corner got bigger, many of the people started running away. Then they got smart for a bit and ran back to get their stuff, or get in their cars, and then ran/drove away.

     Eventually, only TDR was standing in the street, watching the shadow grow ever bigger, until the object finally turned the corner.....

     (Story is cut off right at the really dramatic part, just like a two part soap opera episode, and is replaced by snippets of "ABBA Gold")

 

On to Chapter 5