Wonder the Naughty (Hero Stories)/Part 9

"Yeah! Let's get the smurf out of here!" Clumsy said.

"Wait!" Wonder said, waving her hand towards Vexy and Hackus. "What about them?"

"What about 'em?" Grouchy asked. "They smurfnapped you."

"They're Gargamel's," Smurfette reminded her.

Wonder glanced at Papa. "So what, but Papa - he never gave up on me, and Hero probably never did. And I'm not about to give up on them." she said.

Papa stepped forward and put an arm across Wonder's shoulder. "And you thought you weren't a Smurf." He smiled at her. He then looked to the others, "Unstrap them. Quickly!"

"And then there were seven," Gargamel's voice boomed through the hovel.

In the excitement, the Smurfs had let their guard down. They hadn't noticed Gargamel had returned. He raised his wand.

"Well, seven and a half if you count Hackus." he said, as he captured all the Smurfs and had them strapped into the Smurfalator, and the vat was filling quickly with smoky-blue wisps of energy.

"This... should... be... Hefty!" Grouchy wheezed, as the machine pumped and squeezed him.

"You said this wasn't going to hurt!" Vexy moaned in pain.

"Me. It's not going to hurt me," Gargamel clarified. "For you, it's going to be excruciating." Gargamel said, "Come, Scruple! That Smurf will show up any second now, and I'll be ready to pounce." he said, as they went into hiding.

Hero along with Johan, Peewit and Savina crept through the window and hugged the wall.

"Stay here! This smurf will check if it's clear," Hero said.

"Understood. Good luck," Savina said.

Hero crept out and could his fellow Smurfs groaning in pain.

"SMURFS!" Hero shouted, as he rushed to them, "Hold on! I'll smurf you out of there,"

"Hero... smurf out... of... here... it's... a trap," Papa Smurf said, as he pumped and squeezed.

Hero then seen Wonder in the container at the end, "Wonder!" he called, as he ran to her.

"Hero... I... love... you," Wonder said, sounding weaker than before.

"Hold on!" Hero said, as he ran along with the rail towards the machine.

"AAHHH!" Hero shouted, as he jumped from the rail and punched the vat, slightly stopping the flow. He then continued to punch it, "Come on!" Hero said. Just then a crack appeared, "Once more... one," Hero said, before Gargamel appeared.

"SMURF!" he shouted.

"Gargamel!" Hero called.

"Hero! Run!" Smurfette called from inside her container.

"I'll save you," Peewit said, as he ran for him.

"No, Peewit!" Johan said.

Gargamel fired his wand at Hero, but Peewit took the hit and was turned into a duck.

"Peewit!" Hero said, as he saw Peewit fall to the floor.

Gargamel immediately fired the wand again and captured Hero with the lasso.

"Now, Scruple! The shield spell," Gargamel said, as he began to drain Hero of his energy.

"Sure, Garggy!" Scruple said, but instead of throwing the required amount, he threw a smaller amount of the powder in order to create a much weaker shield.

"The power! The power!" Gargamel said, sounding like he was becoming mad with power.

The lasso was changing from blue to gold and began to sparkle.

Johan and Savina soon emerged from hiding, Scruple seen them.

"Uh, Garggy! We've got visitors," he said.

"Like I care!" Gargamel said, "My plan is almost complete. I can feel the power,"

"Hold on, Smurfs! We'll get you out of there," Johan said, as he looked around trying to find something to break the glass of the Smurfalator.

"Johan!" Savina called out, as he seen her holding the broom.

"Excellent work, princess!" Johan said, "Let's save our friends,"

Johan and Savina both took hold of the the broom and rammed it into the glass. The vat shattered. Wisps of Smurf essence flooded the room. The Naughties, the Smurfs, Johan and Savina were caught up in the blast, as Gargamel was untouched, due to the shield spell. The explosion could be heard from miles around.

The Smurfs eventually sat up and found themselves on the floor. They'd turned back to a healthy blue.

Wonder could see that Vexy was still lying facedown. "Vexy!" she said, as she helped her up.

Both of them looked into a mirror. Vexy's skin was bright and smurfy blue.

"You did this for me?" Vexy asked, sounding very happy.

"What are sisters for?" Wonder answered, before they shared a heartfelt look.

"Hero's still in trouble!" Smurfette exclaimed, as she pointed to Gargamel, who was still draining his energy.

"We've got to save him!" Hawkeye said.

"If we don't smurf something, then he'll die!" Papa Smurf said.

Wonder could feel anger brewing inside her, due to being tricked and betrayed. She went into a rage and fired an energy attack, but the shield spell stopped it. She increased the attacks power and it started the push thorugh.

"Garggy! The shield's failing!" Scruple said.

"But how!" Gargamel said.

Vexy then picked up Wonder's dragon wand and fired a blast of energy at the shield. Eventually the shield completely shattered and the attacks sent Gargamel, Azrael and Scruple flying out of the hovel and landing quite far away. Hero and Gargamel's dragon wand dropped to the floor

"Hero!" Wonder exclaimed, as she rushed to Hero's side. She noticed his skin was wrinkled and pale and he wasn't breathing.

"Oh no! Please no," Wonder said, as she tried desperately to wake him.

"Papa Smurf... is Hero..." Clumsy whispered.

"I fear he might be," Papa Smurf said.

"Hero! Please smurf back to me, I won't be able to smurf my life without you," Wonder cried.

Hackus then picked up the dragon wand, "Hackus use wand! Hackus use wand!" He said, as he blasted Hero with the wand, causing him to float in midair and become engulfed by a golden light.

All the Smurfs watched as Hero slowly descended to floor and began to sit up, "Uh, where am I?" he said, holding his head.

"Hero!" Wonder cheered, as she threw herself around him and started kissing him.

"Wonder!" Hero said, as he embraced her, "I've missed you,"

Smurfette and Vexy couldn't help but cry tears of joy.

"We did it!" Clumsy cheered, "Smurf pound! Vanity... Positive..."

"I ain't pounding nothing. I'm Grouchy Smurf again. And I got a lot of pent-up anger to vent!" Grouchy told him.

"I'm with you, Grouchy. We just gotta be who was are," Vanity said, agreeing with him.

"Yeah.Besides, we love you no matter what." Clumsy said, lowering his fists.

"Hey, smurf it out your ears, both of you!" Grouchy smiled. "Whoo, that feels good! I'm back, baby."

...

Outside the hovel, the Smurfs were ready to return home. Papa Smurf held out the crystals that would take them home.

"We've only got seven crystals." Papa Smurf said.

"And now there're nine of us," Clumsy said.

"Well, I say, no Smurf left behind!" Wonder said, as she used her smaller dragon wand to create two more crystals.

"Wow, Wonder! You're pretty good with wand," Smurfette said, sounding impressed.

"I have to thank a special Smurf for teaching me how to smurf my energy for good. As he once told me, it dosen't matter where you came from. What matters is who you choose to be," Wonder said, as she put her arm around Hero. He smiled at her full of love.

Just then Gargamel returned, his eyes full of rage.

"If you think it's over! You're sadly mistaken," Gargamel said, as he used his old wand to launch a lasso towards them. Johan quickly unsheathed his sword and deflected the lasso. Vexy then ran towards Gargamel.

"Vexy!" Wonder exclaimed.

"Don't worry about me!" Vexy said, as she climbed up Gargamel and grabbed onto his wand. He couldn't fire at them.

"What are you doing, you little ingrate? I am your father." Gargamel said, trying to shake her off.

"How could you be my father? I'm a Smurf!" Vexy told him proudly.

Hero and Wonder used Vexy's distraction in order to charge up their energy in order to deal with Gargamel together.

"Let's end this right now!" Hero said.

"All for Smurf and Smurf for all!" Wonder said, as they combined their energies into one attack and launched it towards Gargamel. Vexy dropped off when she saw the attack approaching.

"Oh no!" Gargamel said, as the attack launched him back to where he previously landed.

Before he landed, Scruple was talking to Azrael.

"You know, Azrael! Sometimes I wonder why I was dumped on Garggy!" Scruple said.

Azrael just muttered. As Gargamel landed back in the tree.

"I hate those Smurfs! I hate them!" Gargamel yelled loudly.

Hero and Wonder reunited with the others as they prepared to head home.

"But what about Peewit? He's still a duck?" Clumsy asked.

"It'll wear off soon," Papa Smurf said.

Suddenly, Peewit reverted back to his normal self, but he had no clothes.

"Hey! I'm naked," Peewit said, as he covered himself.

"Use my cape, Peewit!" Johan said, looking away as he handed him his cape.

"Stay safe, you guys. And come see us soon." Savina said.

The Smurfs all came together for one large hug,

"Thank you, once again, my friends," Papa Smurf said, as he handed a crystal to each Smurf. "Let's go home, Smurfs."

"I can't wait to see the rest of my family," Wonder said, as she raised the crystal to her mouth.

Soon all the Smurfs ingested their crystals, turned into blue balls of energy and dashed across the sky back to the Smurf village.

...

The Smurfs were gathered in the center of the village.

POP, POP, POP, POP, POP, POP, POP, POP, POP!

Papa, Clumsy, Grouchy, Smurfette and the rest headed dow the hill into town.

"Just as I calculated, Papa's chances of rescuing Wonder: one hundred percent!" Brainy said proudly.

The other Smurfs rolled their eyes at him.

"And some new Smurfs for our family," Wonder announced. "Everyone, this is Vexy." She gave Vexy a small push forward.

"Um... Hi!" Vexy said.

Everyone froze. Hefty found himself lovestruck.

"Holy smurfoli! Do they all look like her?" he asked.

Just then Greedy began to introduce himself, making his voice sound much deeper.

"Hi! I'm Greedy! Want a cupcake?" he asked.

POP!

Hackus came running into town.

"BWAMOOOAGAGAMOOGA!" He cheered.

All the Smurfs jumped out of his way.

"I just about smurfed myself," Fergus said.

"Sorry, guys. Can't have everything." Vexy said, lookig around the village the said to Wonder, "Wow. All these boys."

Wonder winked. "And just four girls."

"What do you mean?" Vexy asked. "Hackus is a girl."

"Hackus is girl?" Hackus said, sounding surprised to hear that.

In a flash, Hackus began to chase after Hefty, trying to hug him.

"Wait, Hackus! I was kidding!" Vexy shouted.

"Hackus don't care. Hackus love family!" Hackus said.

Just then Wonder noticed something. "Hey, what's with all the decorations?" she asked.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WONDER!" all the Smurfs cheered.

"Oh my!" Wonder said in surprise.

"You see? We did remember your birthday," Hero said.

"Oh Hero!" Wonder said, as she swamped him with kisses.

"I guess this is the special Smurf you told me about?" Vexy asked.

"Indeed he is!" Wonder said, "He is the kindest, sweetest and the most caring Smurf I've ever known,"

"Amen to that," Smurfette added.

"This smurf didn't get the chance to properly introduce myself. My name is Hero!" Hero said, as he held Vexy's hand in his and gave it a kiss.

"It's nice to meet you too!" Vexy said.

The Smurfs were going crazy, dancing, singing along.

Wonder then jumped onto the stage and began to sing.

"You don't have to look like a movie star"

"Ooh I think you're good just the way you are"

"Tell me if you could would you up and run away with me?"

Just the Smurfette and Vexy decided to join in.

"You don't have to roll like a millionaire"

"Baby I would go with you anywhere"

"We don't need no gold, we'll be shining anyway, we'll see"

Hackus was doing his own jazzy thing. "Scattata-packata-pickita-katata."

Fergus grabbed a pole and whacked the Gargamel pinata.

The three Smurfettes continued to sing.

"You know can nobody get down like us"

C'mon, turn it up 'till the speakers pop

"Break it down, show me what you've got"

"Ooh my my baby don't be shy"

"I see that spark flashing in your eye"

"My heart beats fast 'cause I want it all"

"So baby come with me and be my ooh la la"

"Take my hand, we can go all night"

"And spin me round just the way I like"

"It feels so good, I don't wanna stop"

"So baby come with me and be my ooh la la"

"You don't have to wear no designer clothes"

"Just as long as we're dancing on the floor"

"Fingers in my hair and I'm letting go tonight, so free"

"You know can nobody get down like us"

"C'mon, turn it up 'till the speakers pop"

"Break it down, show me what you've got"

"Ooh my my baby don't be shy"

"I see that spark flashing in your eye"

"My heart beats fast 'cause I want it all"

"So baby come with me and be my ooh la la"

"Take my hand, we can go all night"

"And spin me round just the way I like"

"It feels so good, I don't wanna stop"

"So baby come with me and be my ooh la la"

Whilst all the Smurfs were dancing and cheering to the sound of the Smurfettes singing the song perfectly. Jokey then pulled a rope on his presents causing them to explode one-by-one, launching confetti all over the place. The Smurfettes then continued to sing.

"Ooh my my baby don't be shy"

"I see that spark flashing in your eye"

"Ooh my my baby don't be shy"

"I see that spark flashing in your eye"

"My heart beats fast 'cause I want it all"

"So baby come with me and be my ooh la la"

"Take my hand, we can go all night"

"And spin me round just the way I like"

"It feels so good, I don't wanna stop"

"So baby come with me and be my ooh la la"

Once they were finished, the Smurfs cheered and applauded wildly. Hero then brought forth a bouquet of flowers and handed them to Wonder, who responded with throwing her arms around him and started to kiss him.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WONDER!" all the Smurfs cheered again, as they continued with the celebration.

THE END