47 Peanut Has an Idea

47 Peanut Has an Idea The very same,' said the enormous alligator, who they had initially encountered during their first visit to Chroma. He was wearing a white armband with a red cross on it, which, Peanut figured, meant that he was part of the medical corps. 'Now,' continued Jonathan Higginbottom, 'I know for a fact that you three are not meant to be anywhere near the front line, but somehow I'm not remotely surprised to see you here. And as for those disguises, well let's just say they need a little work.'

'Please don't tell on us,' said Peanut. 'We're here because I genuinely think Little Tail and I can help.' Suddenly there was a loud cry above them. They looked up to see one of the Resistance operatives, who had been fighting the RAZERs, fall from the siege-tower walkway and plunge into the Rainbow Lake. A few seconds later, to everyone's relief, her head bobbed up to the surface and she started swimming towards the concrete bank on the far side. Peanut noticed that the woman was moving through the water with real purpose. Eventually, she reached the bank and climbed up the metal rungs embedded in the concrete wall. Once out, she ran, unopposed, towards the big wheel next to the raised drawbridge, grabbed the handle and, to Peanut's delight, slowly started to lower the bridge. That's when she had her idea. 'We have to break through the crayon fence!' she spluttered. 'If we can do that, we might be able to get into the Spire and make our way up to Mission Control at the top. Then we could turn off the Big X and the RAZERs, just like Rockwell did before.' 'How on earth are we going to break through the crayon fence, let alone all the other stuff?' asked Rockwell. 'We're not,' said Peanut, 'But Jonathan Higginbottom and I are.'