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Our group of shoppers and the llamas are gathered round the pickup, looking puzzled.
"So how are we going to get nine llamas into this?" Said LazyScot.
"Remember, this is a plot device equipped BatPick-Up. You really should start reading the script you know – it would be a lot easier for us all." Replied the BatAI.
"Look – I refused to believe that this is a film – nothing could be this badly scripted, and in real life we have free will, not a script."
The BatAI's eloquent silence seemed to disagree, resulting in a lengthy staring argument between LazyScot and the device in his ear. "Oh alright. I'll do it.", the BatAI eventually said. And with that a low-sided trailer appeared out of the back of the Pickup.
"Will you all fit in that?" LazyScot asked the llamas.
"Oh easily, and we can lie down. See?" and with that the llamas leapt into the trailer and arranged themselves cosily in the trailer.
"Ummm… Won't you be fairly obvious, errr. What should I call you?"
"Charles; after the author. And no, we won't be obvious at all. You see we are bio-engineered." said Charles the llama.
"What?" said LazyScot who was worried that Charles might be losing it a bit.
"We've got some extra genes. Chameleon to be precise." And at that point the llamas started to blend into the background and appear to disappear, leaving only Geoffery's talking mouth visible, like the Cheshire cat's grin. "Very useful for us when we need to blend into the background when sneaking into certain establishments."
And LazyScot stared at the invisible English speaking llama called Geoffery and became worried that he was definitely losing it a bit.
"What about the wolves?" said a nervously invisible Nekokami.
"Oh, I think they've been delt with." said the BatAI.
"What?" said LazyScot who was getting tired with his limited script, even though he didn't believe he was scripted.
"The Pandaborg have been having a little fun over at the main building. I think they're due back about now…."
With that a group of figures could be seen approaching, as a deep rumbling briefly shook the ground and the buildings disappeared in on themselves.
"I don't think the Knights will be happy about that." observed Nekokami.
"What?" said the repetitious LazyScot.
"I believe you should say pardon", said the invisible mouth of Charles the llama.
"What?" said the rapidly approaching hysterical LazyScot in the general direction of the trailer.
"You really ought to be nicer to the scriptwriter, or at least read the script; you might get some decent lines then, or at least be less surprised. Anyhow, the trouble is, that was only one of many establishments that they had." said the BatAI.
"Fortunately they don't have any more around here." Said the arriving Pandaborg-B, "still we ought to move. It's probably not a good idea to hang around here. The Knights do have friends in these parts."
" What?" said LazyScot, gesturing at the menacing looking devices the Pandaborg were carrying, as his sanity put on Bermuda shorts and a hawaii tee-shirt and set off on holiday.
"Ah. Weapons of extreme kaboom. I wouldn't ask any more, if I were you. The script indicated they might be useful."
"What?" said LazyScot, to the sound of his departing sanity, whilst pointing at the third and fourth Pandaborg.
"Ah. Yes. They asked some questions. So we had to acutelate." Replied Pandaborg-B.
Gaining some new vocabulary in exchange for his sanity (probably a very good trade), LazyScot did an impression of a fish out of water repeatedly opening and closing his mouth for several seconds. "The solider I can understand, but.... On second thoughts I don't want to know. Let's just get out of here. To somewhere normal. The shopping mall to be precise. A normal, ordinary shopping mall."
"How boring." Said the BatAI.
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