Wally's Wonderland

Chapter 8

The door of the funhouse creeks open. Rebecca Rabbit peeks out, and exits the place.

She wanders around, looking from attraction to attraction, when she comes across Ozzie Ostrich's body, laying on the ground.

She kneels down, stares at the bird, and pats him on the head, trying to see if he's really dead.

For a while it seems like he actually is, until he suddenly opens his eyes, and looks up at the rabbit.

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Liv is sitting on one of the front seats, hands on her face. She's super upset. The other teens look down at her.

"I just don't get it." She mutters. "What is up with this guy? Why can't he just say something to me?"

"Well maybe he's mute." Ben suggests.

"What makes ya think that?" Sophie asks in an almost rude way.

"I honestly don't know." Ben admits.

"Everyone calm down." Chris says. "We'll figure out what's the deal with this janitor dude later. Right now we have to get out of here."

"Oh really? And how are we supposed to do that?" Jake asks douchely. "Haven't you forgotten that the gates are locked?"

"Well, have you forgotten how we entered in the first place? Climbing up the damn wall?" Chris asks him, knowing it was a dumb question.

"Oh, yeah." Jake says foolishly.

Suddenly, music starts to play. It's not the bouncy circus music that's associated with this park. It's more like a creepy music box.

The teens turn their backs and look up at the stage. Liv gets up, standing in front of all of them.

Each one of the stage-lights hit the animatronics – except Wally – and they come to life to bring out another performance.

But everything's not right.

They're all standing completely still, their eyes are frozen in place, and their voices are replaced with a choir of children chanting to an orchestra of toy instruments:

Girls and boys come out to play

The moon is shining bright as day

Leave your supper and leave your sleep

Come with your playfellows in the street

Come with a whoop and come with a call

Come with a good will or not at all

Up the ladder and down the wall

A halfpenny roll will serve us all

The critters and music stop, and all the lights turn to hit Wally. He enlivens, and begins to dance and sing to the same tune, which is now being played with a calliope.

His movements are more fluid, like an energetic clown flailing around like a buffoon. He doesn't sound cheerful, and he replaces the lyrics with very cruel ones:

Girls and boys will scream and run

As we begin to have some fun

Skinning some legs and biting some toes

Gouging your eyes and breaking your nose

Unbeknownst to the teens, Nica Newt enters the tent, and quietly and slowly creeps towards the teens as Wally continues singing: