Dorothy, Laiba and Billina made it to the ruined emerald city.

Laiba looked like he was going to cry from the wreckage he saw. 

This wasn't the city he knew.

"Beware the Wheelers? The fck is a Wheeler?" He asked.

"I don't remember them." Dorothy said.

He and Dorothy separated as they looked around.

Everyone was turned to stone, some were even missing their heads.

Laiba was gripping his lunch pail hard, angry at who caused this.

Then, his phone rang.

He answered and a screen came out, showing everyone back at HQ.

"Hey, Laiba! You okay?" Jack asked, seeing Laiba's expression.

He shook his head and showed them the city.

"What happened?!" Eddie asked.

"Hell if I know. This place used to be so pretty." Laiba said.

"Do you think that's why the alarm rang?" Macaque asked.

Laiba shrugged, before hearing Dorothy screaming.

"Dorothy! Gotta go guys!" He said, hanging up and running to Dorothy.

When he found her, he saw loads of Wheelers in the area.

He growled, summoned his weapon and dashed towards them.

"GET AWAY FROM HER!" He screaming, swinging his weapons at them.

The Wheelers cackled at him, as they tried to get around.

"LAIBA, DOWN HERE!!" Dorothy yelled.

Laiba followed her and ran down the alley.

The wall seemed to be a door. He went in and closed the door behind them, hearing the Wheelers crash against the door.

"You have to come out sooner or later. When you do, we'll tear you both apart into little pieces and throw you in the deadly desert!" The leader said, making Laiba growl.

"We haven't even done anything to you, wheeled freak!!" Laiba yelled.

"Aren't those stolen lunch pails in you all's hands? Isn't that a chicken in there with you?!" The leader asked.

"Chicken!" 

"The Nome King doesn't allow chickens anywhere in Oz!" The leader said.

"Who's the Nome King?" Dorothy asked.

"And is he responsible for all this mess?!" Laiba growled.

The wheelers mocked them and left, laughing.

Laiba hissed at them, rubbing Dorothy's back.

"Well, what're we going to do now, you two?" Billina asked.

They both turned, Dorothy gasped and hid behind Laiba, who raised his swords in defense.

In front of them, was a brown robot.

"What is it?" Dorothy asked.

"I don't know." Billina said.

Laiba and Dorothy got closer to it, looking around it.

"This...looks very familiar to me...but I can't put my finger on where." He said, as he scanned it with his phone.

He sent the scan to HQ and put his phone away.

"It looks like it could be a soldier for a war of some kind...or battle, whichever floats your boat." Laiba said, as he looked at the back.

"The Royal Army of Oz!" Dorothy said, as Laiba saw some keys on the robot's back.

One for thinking, one for speech and one for movement.

He read the instructions and winded up one of the keys.

"This reminds me of one of those wind up toys back at HQ for the kids." He said.

"I'll up his speech, maybe he can tell us what happened to the Emerald City." Dorothy said, as the robot's eyes began to open.

The robot stammered as it looked at the two.

"Good morning, little girl and little boy." It said.

"Good morning, sir." Dorothy said, curtsing.

"Good morning." Laiba said, bowing a bit.

"Are you both Dorothy Gale and Laiba?" It sked, making Laiba back away a bit.

"Yes sir." Dorothy said.

"Pleased to meet you both. I am Tik-Tok, the Royal Army of Oz. His majesty, the Scarecrow, locked me in here and told me to wait for you two." Tiktok said.

"What happened to the Emerald City? Where is the Scarecrow?" Laiba asked.

"I do not know. Suddenly everything living began to turn to stone. When you did not arrive, I called for help until my voice ran down. Then I paced back and forth until my action ran down. Then I stood and though until my thought ran down. After that, I remember nothing, until you both wounded me up. Thank you." He said.

Laiba smiled at the two as they talked, before looking outside.

"Um, I hate to break up the explanations and introductions, but we still gotta deal with those Wheelers if we ever wanna get out of here." Laiba said.

"Right. They're outside, and said they're going to throw us in the deadly desert." Dorothy said.

"From now on, I will be your obedient servant." Tiktok said, raising his hat.

"If you both keep me wound up. Make sure my think-works are extra tight, and I will formulate a plan." Tiktok said.

Later

The door opened, to reveal Tiktok.

He looked around and saw nobody.

"It's way too quiet...I hate it." Laiba said, gripping his swords.

"Hmm. Lunch pail." He said, as Dorothy handed hers over.

"These Wheelers can be tricky customers." He said, as they all walked out.

Tiktok was leading the way.

Laiba was holding Dorothy's hand, as she was holding Billina.

They walked out the alleyway and looked around...nobody was around.

Dorothy was shaking slightly.

"Oh, my goodness." Tiktok said, as they walked on.

They walked on for a few more minutes, before hearing squeaking.

Soon, Wheelers surrounded them.

Dorothy gripped Laiba hand, shaking.

He growled and aimed his swords.

"You both run up the stairs. I will take care of them." Tiktok said.

Dorothy and Laiba ran up the stairs, before they saw more Wheelers at the top.

Dorothy screamed, as Laiba swung his swords at them, causing them to back away.

They turned saw Tiktok, beating the life out of them...well, he was just spinning his body knocking them down.

Tiktok grabbed the leader, as the others ran away in fear.

The leader was shaking, jittering and muttering some words.

"You'll be sorry for treating me like this! I'm a terrible person!" He said, causing Laiba to deadpan.

Tiktok brought him closer and looked dead in his eye.

"I am only a machine, so I cannot be sorry or happy, no matter what happens." He said, making Laiba look at him, sympathetically.

'Zane felt that same way when he came...oh Tiktok.' He thought.

"Where's the Scarecrow? What's happened to the Emerald City?" Dorothy asked.

"Answer her!" Tiktok said.

The leader jittered, making Embry looked at him oddly.

"The Nome King! The Nome King! He conquered the Emerald City. He took all the emeralds. He turned everyone to stone." The leader said.

"What about the Scarecrow?" Laiba asked.

The leader laughed, before Tiktok shook him a bit.

"There's only one person that knows where the Scarecrow is, and that's Princess M...M...Mom...Princess Mombi!" He said.

"Princess Mombi?" Billina asked.

"I don't remember her." Dorothy said.

"Me either." Laiba said.

"Take us to Mombi." Tiktok demanded.

The leader shook his head, fearfully.

"No! No! No!"

Later

They ended up at Mombi's castle. 

Dorothy knocked on the door, as Laiba looked up at it.

He pulled out his phone and took a picture, sending it to HQ.

"Hello?" Dorothy asked.

The door opened, making Laiba back away in fear.

"This place gives me bad vibes. Let's be quick." He said, as they all went inside.