Planted in Time (The Devereaux Story)/Chapter 5

The Smurf survivors did everything they could to fight off the Mother Plant. Eska helped by using her wand to slice the vines that grab her friends. However, the vines grew back every time she sliced them, making her stronger. Brainy looked like he couldn't stand her much longer.

"The Mother Plant is too strong!" Brainy gasped, gripping his side, "I don't know how much we can stand her!"

"Face it, man!" Hefty slices another vine, "It's game over for the Smurfs!"

"At least we've had some good times!" Smurfette added.

"Yes, we have!" Hefty looked at her lovingly.

"I love you all!" Spiro exclaimed, "Especially you, Eska!"

"Me too!" She reciprocated, "I only wished I could travel back in time and stop this!"

The others paused in shock.

"What?" Eska shrugged.

"You have a time machine!" Smurfette pointed out.

"You can stop this!" Hefty added.

"You have the power!" Spiro grabbed Eska's shoulders.

"I..." Eska pointed to herself, "I'm stronger than the Mother Plant!"

"Eska," Brainy commanded her, "You must go to the time machine and fix this!"

"What about you guys?" Eska asked.

"We'll be fine!" Brainy held back the Mother Plant, "Once you fix this, everything will return to normal! Now go!"

Eska nodded and headed towards the village exit. She ran as fast as she could past the guards and over vines on the ground. When she made it past, she found the time machine. Suddenly, a figure blocked her way. Many figures. The mutated plant monsters growled at her and tried to stop her from traveling back in time. Eska fought them off and trudged her way to get to the machine. When she made it out of the army, the Mother Plant herself was blocking the way. She growled something to Eska that might've meant that she would never let her through to stop this.

"Mother Plant!" Eska called out to her, "I made this mess! All because I poured all of that plant food on you!" Her wand began to glow, "But I will not let you take away everything that means so much to me! I will NOT. LET YOU....DEFEAT ME!"

With those words, she struck a spell on the Mother Plant that knocked her unconscious, luckily, not on the time machine. She rejoiced and hopped in, "See ya in the past!" She flipped the switch to return to the present.

While in the time stream, she accidentally ran into someone traveling as well...Father Time.

"Father Time?" Eska looked at him, "What are you doing here?"

"I have come to fix your mistake," Father Time explained, "But it seems as though you are going yourself."

"Yes," Eska told him, "I have to!"

"Good," Father Time nodded, "Because one shift in the past can drastically change the future. Be careful, young one."

Eska nodded back, "I will, Father Time. I will."

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