Canada

Canada is the first chapter in the Wombles Six.

A cat poked their head out. “It is clear Meowykins?” asked the man in the dark suit and glasses.  “Clear” replied Meowykins.  The man got into the window cleaning van.  Mr Class was waiting in the driver’s seat.  “Now?  Code A or B?” he asked.  The man in the dark suit urged him to go on code B.  The van pulled smoothly away in the early hours.  It was still dark and not much traffic was around.  They soon reached their destination.  Cathy was there with Thomas and Lucy.  They were toddling now and starting to talk.

“Dada” said Thomas on seeing the man in the dark suit.  “Hat” said Lucy.  They waved goodbye to Mr Class and got into a small plane.  The man in the dark suit got changed.  He came back into the main part of the plane.  “Ready John?” asked Cathy.  “As ready as I’ll be” replied Steed.  “Don’t worry Bungo will lead the Avengers just fine.”  Cathy was trying to reassure him.  “And Emma will keep the wombles out of trouble now she is back in charge of them.”  She continued.  “Charlie and Mike will be just fine as King and Queen until we can return.”

“Are you sure Purdey and Gambit will be OK?” asked Steed.  “Of course!  They have their wedding to look forward to.  Everybody is looking forward to the Royal Wedding.  That means they will forget about us murdering so many people.” Replied Cathy.  “But Cathy since Mr Teddy Bear has reported every single murder we’ve done the law was changed by parliament to outlaw us” pointed out Steed.

Cathy just smiled. “It will be fine!  Let’s go!” she replied.  Johnny the Horse came in.  “Ready Steed my man?  Ready Cuuurrvvvy Cathy?” he asked.  “Yes” they both replied.  Johnny got into the cockpit and took off for Canada.  The flight was around 6 hours to Calgary.

They landed in Johnny’s private airfield at his ranch.  “Well crazy dudes this is my ranch.  Yours is 4k that way.  Enjoy!” said Johnny.  “4k?” said Steed.  “He means four kilometres.  Everything is metric here” Cathy explained.  They started walking, carrying a child each, then stopped by a massive shiny pickup truck and a Pontiac Trans Am.  They were both gleaming and new.  Each had a note on the windscreen.

The flame red Trans Am had a note saying this.

*My crazy dude of a brother.  For you!  I know you the lke fast ones!  Yeah baby!*

*Love from JTH*

The bronze Chevvy Colorado had a note saying this.

*Groovy chick!  This is for you.  Did not know what to get you!  Hope you like!*

*Love from JTH*

They immediately got in their new cars.  Steed took Lucy in the Trans Am.  He screeched away with Cathy and Thomas racing them.  Their ranch was enormous like Johnny’s.  They raced into the house and saw something shocking.  It was a panda!  It walked up to Steed and Cathy and Thomas and Lucy and sniffed them. Thomas and Lucy started crying. The panda looked surprised and ran away. The Steeds suddenly realised that the building and everything in it was made of bamboo.  Steed tried some bamboo brandy and immediately spat it out. Cathy sat down and the chair immediately broke.  Lucy walked into the wall and the house fell down.

Steed decided to ring Gambit and ask what he thought he should do.  Suddenly he realised that he had just tapped some bamboo a lot instead of dialling a number.  Then he realised that his umbrella had turned into bamboo.  “I think I dialled a deadly number” he said.

In Toronto, Lady Diana was in her new holiday home(since the previous one turned out to be a SCARE bomb). Woofykins suddenly came in. She belonged to Diana now. “Where did you go earlier?” asked Diana. “For a walk.” Replied Woofykins. “Yes, I guessed that but where?” asked Diana. “Well, Canada.” Said Woofykins. “Well, obviously!” said Diana. “Where in Canada?” “Random places.” Answered Woofykins. “Why?” asked Diana. “To see if what the other woofys said was true. They say they heard because the meowys did, and it’s the rules that they must know the rumours that meowys do.” Said Woofykins. “If what was true?” asked Diana. “The rumour among meowys & woofys only that Steed & his wife Cathy have come to Canada.” Said Woofykins.

Diana was confused. “Why would they come to Canada?” she asked. “Because Mr Teddy Bear reported all their murders, and now they are outlaws.” Explained Woofykins. “OK, well, I swear you said Cathy was his wife.” Said Diana, still partly confused. “She is.” Said Woofykins. “And they have children.” Diana still felt rather confused.