Chapter 16
Sucked Back In!
With a final, desperate lurch, Pinky and Snakey are pulled back into the television. Crystal Lizard, caught in the suction, disappears with a confused squeak. The screen flickers and returns to normal.
Andy’s heart hammered against her ribs like a frantic drum solo. The remote control, clutched so tightly her knuckles were white, felt like the most powerful weapon in the universe. Pinky and Snakey, their sinister grins melting into expressions of pure, unadulterated panic, were inching backward, a strange, shimmering distortion pulling them toward the television screen. It was a sight so bizarre, so utterly unlike anything she’d ever seen in all her years of dedicated fandom, that a tiny, almost hysterical giggle threatened to escape her.
“No! You can’t!” Pinky shrieked, her usually cheerful voice now a thin, reedy sound of desperation. She scrabbled at the rug with her cartoon paws, her pink square body wobbling precariously. Snakey, usually so self-assured, was coiled in a tight knot of terror, his serpentine body twisting as if trying to untangle himself from an invisible noose.
“This isn’t fair!” Snakey hissed, his voice cracking. “We were just getting started!” A faint, almost musical hum filled the air, growing louder, more insistent. The distortion around them intensified, swirling like a miniature vortex.
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