Charlie quickly looked around the platform before stopping in admiration. A giant blue lion was just… sitting there, covered in a barrier of blue hexagons. She wandered forward to gently place her dirt-clodded clawed hands on the barrier before it spread back and the wonderful blue lion seemed to "activate". It stood up and let out a massive roar before leaning down and scooping Charlie up in one giant bite.
Gwen looked up at the lion who had just taken Charlie. "Woah! There it is! It's here! THE BLUE LION!"
"HEY!! YOU CAN'T EAT HER, SHE'S COOL!!" Mike barreled towards the lion, trying to form more floating diamonds to try to open the lion's mouth. They kept fizzling out though, but he kept yelling
Gwen ran up to Mike, holding him back. "Chill out. This is what's supposed to happen."
"I don't remember EATING THE PALADINS being part of the deal!" he yelled one last time before stopping
Mitchell heard screeching from above and he jumped up. "DID YOU FIND THE BLUE LIOOON?"
Gwen sighed. "She wasn't eaten, she's inside the lion. Probably figuring out how to control it."
Mike moved Gwen's arms off him carefully before running to the cliff edge. "The blue lion ate Charlie and we're just kinda waiting for it to do its thing!" he yelled down
Charlie tumbled around inside the lion's head until she managed to be sitting upright in the pilot seat. Charlie reached her hand forward and grabbed onto the steering levers and let out a nervous sign before pushing forward. The lion launched forwards at Gwen and Mike, scooping them up into the cockpit as well. It pushed down the narrow slide as the earth and water crumbled away as it headed straight for Mitchell.
"WHAT THE HELL?" he screeched, diving out of the way and rolling under a rock. "Do not let it eat me you guys!"
Gwen grinned. "I JUST GOT EATEN BY THE BLUE LION! THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER!" She made her way to where Charlie was and held on to the back of the seat.
"MOTHER OF A BAD BAG OF DONUTS, I TOLD YOU IT"S EATING US-oh hi Charlie-CALM DOWN YOUR OVERSIZED CAT!"
(Mike is my favorite oml)
(thanks lol)
(omg awesome smoker dad)
"I'm trying" Charlie pulled on the levers, swinging Blue around and standing in the middle of the cavern, facing where Mitchell dove. "Where's the–" Charlie was bumped forward and pressed a panel of buttons. One was apparently a megaphone as the lion project Charlie's voice outwards "SPEAKER HEY MITCHELL THE LION KINDA WANTS TO TAKE YOU ALONG WITH US SO KINDA JUST LET IT EAT YOU REAL QUICK OKAY GGREEEAAATTT!!!" Charlie hurried before the lion tried leaping out at Mitchell again.
Mitchell screamed, crawling deeper under the rock ledge. "Just- wait a second you have to give me time to process things before you try to eat me!"
(This is basically us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3slhL54AYnE)
"JUST STAND STILL!" Gwen shouted into the speaker.
"HOW DO I TURN THIS OFF?!" Charlie struggled to pull on the levers to at least pause the lion for a little. "MITCHELL PLEAASSSEE???" The lion skidded to a halt in front of Mitchell before gulping him down too, along with some dirt.
"Okay okay!" He shouted back. He inched out from the rock ledge slowly, bracing himself.
"OR RUN MORE, EITHER WAY PRETTY SURE IT'S GONNA EAT YOU!"
Mitchell screeched again, feeling himself being thrown through the lion. It pushed him into the front of the head with the others, and he flopped onto the floor.
Gwen rolled her eyes. "Finally. You took forever." She grinned. "I can't believe we actually found the blue lion! THIS IS SO COOL!"
"Welcome aboard the flying death machine dude!" Mike was grinning now. Now this was cool!
Charlie spluttered as she accidentally caught a mouthful of dirt before shaking her head and feeling the lion want to take off again, this time higher up. Charlie whirled the lion around and bounded out the cave entrance, almost running over Mitchell's motorbike. Charlie yanked up on the levers as the canyon wall approached too fast for her comfort and ended up launching Blue into the sky.